RT Book, Section
A1 Nicks, Bret A.
A1 Manthey, David E.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 , The American College of Emergency Physicians
SR Print(0)
ID 886362635
T1 Male Genital Problems
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-174467-6
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=886362635
RD 2021/04/12
AB Male  genital  problems  may  be  the  cause  of  significant  morbidity.  One  of  the  most  anxiety-provoking  problems  presenting  to  an  ED  is  the  male  with  acute  genital  discomfort.  Furthermore,  the  extensive  sensory  innervations  of  the  genital  area  with  common  final  sensory  afferent  pathways  in  the  male  account  for  the  common  association  of  abdominal  pain  with  some  acute  genital  disorders.  Approximately  10%  of  all  traumatic  conditions  presenting  to  the  ED  involve  the  genital  system—of  that,  only  2%  involve  the  genital  system  exclusively.1  Life-threatening  GU  conditions,  such  as  Fournier  gangrene,  remain  relatively  rare.