Acute scrotal swelling as the first evidence of intraabdominal trauma in a battered child.

Acute scrotal pathology often reflects intraabdominal disease. A bluish discoloration of the scrotum may represent blood migrating from a ruptured intraabdominal organ. A case of a battered child presenting with a swollen bluish scrotum is reviewed to draw attention to an early sign of intraperitoneal hemorrhage.