Whether we are succeptable to them or not, knowledge of the acute scrotum is an essential facet of both paediatric and adult emergency medicine.
An sound approach to both traumatic and atraumatic testicular pathology is needed and this week, Will and Kay will lead us by the hand through these sometimes difficult diagnostic dilemmas.
Here are some excellent scrotal summaries:
Scrotal problems fact sheet
Fundamentals of exam and core DDx
Paediatric Testicular Emergencies
Review journal article of acute scrotum management in children and adolescents
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392007/
Practice guideline acute scrotal pain and swelling
http://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Acute_Scrotal_Pain_or_Swelling/
Here are some excellent podcasts with urologists discussing core emergency medicine and acute presentations (caution: the word 'balls' is used willy-nilly)
http://www.pemed.org/blog/2012/9/5/urological-complaints-part-1-the-painful-scrotum.html
http://www.pemed.org/blog/2012/10/15/urology-part-2-the-painless-scroti.html