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I've got blue dot syndrome and tortion of the appenix. can you put it in simpler words?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Blue Dot sign: Transillumination can show a blue or black spot under the skin when there is testicular torsion, torsion of appendix testis or appendix epididymis.

Answered 7/14/2014

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here is ...: There is / are 1-3 or even 4 skin-tag-like or bell-clapper-like structures of 1-3 mm attached on the head part of epididymis or on the testis right next to it as "embryological" remnants"; as a result of its dangling effects, it / they may spontaneously twist leading to strangulation ... That is torsion and most commonly happens to boys at 7-10, but rarely in the older. Blue dot could be seen in .

Answered 11/28/2017

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