TY - JOUR T1 - Neonatal acute scrotum: do not forget Amyand hernia JF - World Journal of Pediatric Surgery JO - World Jnl Ped Surgery DO - 10.1136/wjps-2020-000139 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - e000139 AU - Edoardo Guida AU - Irene Del Rizzo AU - Francesca Galdo AU - Flora Maria Murru AU - Jurgen Schleef AU - Francesco Maria Risso AU - Egidio Barbi AU - Ingrid Rabach Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://wjps.bmj.com/content/3/2/e000139.abstract N2 - A 15-day-old full-term newborn was admitted to the emergency department for right scrotal swelling, irritability and poor feeding that started 12 hours earlier, without fever or vomiting. Parents reported that his last defecation occurred 3 days before admission. Physical examination was remarkable for a swollen, erythematous and tender right hemiscrotum (figure 1).Figure 1 Erythema and swelling of the right hemiscrotum.Scrotal ultrasonography showed an inguinal hernia with an air-filled tubular structure that seemed somehow different from a typical intestinal loop; the plain radiography confirmed this finding.Emergency surgical exploration of the right groin … ER -