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A 12-year-old boy was operated upon for torsion of a hernia sac invaginating into the tunica vaginalis. His clinical presentation resembled that of testicular torsion.
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Esho JO, Vitko RJ, Cass AS (1974) Protrusion and torsion of an inguinal hernia sac inside a hydrocoele of the scrotum. J Pediatr Surg 6: 423
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Murr, M., Kimura, K., Shaaban, A. et al. Torsion of a hernia sac invaginating into the tunica vaginalis and resembling testicular torsion. Pediatr Surg Int 8, 517 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180362
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180362