[Testicular torsion in the geriatric patient. Review of the literature apropos of a case].

Testicular torsion in adult, is an uncommonly etiology, but we should make differencial diagnosis in every person over thirty years old, with acute scrotum. The wrong diagnosis raises the incidence orchiectomy in adults for vascular etiology. We report a male of 74 years old with acute scrotum and review of the literature.