Torsion of the Appendix Testis

The first case of torsion of the appendix testis was reported by Colt 1 in 1922. In the same year Walton 2 and Shattock 3 reported one case each. Mouchet 4 was the first, however, to establish this condition as a definite pathologic entity. The fact that twenty-nine cases have come to operation in France alone during the past eight years may be attributed to his interest in the subject. Dix 5 has recently written an admirable paper on the subject and added one case for a total of forty-two cases. The standard textbooks of surgery do not discuss torsion of the appendix testis nor does a fairly extensive search of North American literature reveal any report of the condition. REPORT OF CASES Case 1.—History. —Q. F., a boy, aged 16 months, entered the surgical ward of the hospital, Oct. 22, 1931, because of swelling and tenderness of the