A 67-year-old man died after a motorcycle accident that crushed his scrotum and dislocated his testicle.
The man, who was not identified by doctors, plowed into it in the back of a van while speeding Wuhan, China.
He suffered severe internal injuries and bleeding that led to organ failure.
He was taken to hospital almost immediately and underwent a series of tests and scans, but later died during tests.
Doctors reported that the “violent” impact of his scrotum against his bike’s fuel tank pushed his testicle into his groin and caused “severe” internal bleeding.
A team from Tongji Medical College wrote that the accident resulted in a “violent impact” between the man’s perineum and the motorcycle’s fuel tank (circle) – a so-called straddle injury.
According to a case report in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, the man was driving at high speed on a city street when he “collided badly with the bed of a truck.”
He complained of abdominal pain, difficulty moving his waist, pain in his left knee and tailbone, inability to sit up straight, and dizziness after the fall.
He was taken to hospital about an hour later.
Doctors noted that the patient had bruising in the abdominal area, but that he had normal temperature, heart rate and sensation in the perineum – the area between the scrotum and anus.
During a CT scan, the man suddenly experienced palpitations, sweating, cold extremities, a weak pulse, low blood pressure and a high heart rate.
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The patient was taken to the emergency room, but could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead four hours after the accident.
An autopsy a week later revealed that his cause of death was traumatic hemorrhagic shock from injuries sustained in the accident.
Hemorrhagic shock is caused by heavy bleeding, which is often internal and not immediately noticeable.
This results in organs having trouble receiving essential oxygen and nutrients, which can cause them to fail.
A team from Tongji Medical College wrote that the accident resulted in a “violent impact” between the man’s perineum and the motorcycle’s fuel tank, a so-called straddle injury.
This caused his pubic symphysis – the joint between the pelvic bones – to disintegrate, injure his scrotum, dislocate his left testicle – which was pushed from the scrotum to his groin – and cause internal bleeding and bruising.
While a dislocation usually involves pushing bones out of position, a testicular dislocation occurs when something forces the testicles out of their normal position in the scrotum.
The phenomenon is so rare that there are no figures on how often it occurs. However, research shows that eight out of ten cases are due to motorcycle accidents.
The blood supply to the scrotum is “very rich,” meaning bleeding caused by a scrotal injury is “very serious,” they noted.
They said pelvic fractures and bleeding from his scrotal injury caused the man’s death.
Straddle injuries are often difficult to detect, which can lead to patients being misdiagnosed and at risk of dying, the doctors write.
The team said doctors should consider that a patient may have suffered internal injuries and bleeding after an accident and should limit their movements to reduce the risk of bleeding or subsequent fractures.
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