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Emergency Medicine Attending (Consultant) PGY23. History, Physical, #POCUS!

Mar 11, 2023, 7 tweets

1/n #POCUS Acute right scrotal pain. Performed awaiting scrotal exploration. "Saddle view" from inferior poles to assess gross difference between echotexture

2/n The normal (Left) testis - shows normal internal septal architecture with pulsatile blood flow on color power doppler, with normal overlying skin thickness.

3/n Right testis is swollen, disturbed architecture with heterogenous echoes due to edema and absent flow on CPD

4/n Sweeping across deep inguinal ring to root of scrotum, "whirlpool" sign of right spermatic cord torsion noted

5/n Normal left spermatic cord for comparison

6/6 Presentation was after 24 hours, however the testis was viable and survived. Great SR by @Lmellick... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28953100 - unto 18% testes still viable after 24 h. Recently discussed on @emrap_tweets with @EMSwami

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