Torsion of the Spermatic Cord in the Newborn Infant

Abstract

TORSION of the spermatic cord in older children and young adults is a well known entity presenting a classic clinical picture with which most physicians are quite familiar. A fact that is not generally recognized is that the torsion may occur as an intrauterine phenomenon and thus present a clinical picture in the newborn infant quite different from that of torsion in older patients. Unless obstetricians and pediatricians recognize this syndrome and advise immediate surgery, atrophy of the involved testicle will invariably result.A search of the literature reveals 5 previously reported cases of torsion of the spermatic cord within . . .