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30th June 2022
10:58am BST

Credit: American Journal of Case Reports[/caption]
It was later discovered that the whistling was the result of an open wound located on the left side of the scrotum which had occurred following a testicular operation conducted five months earlier. Trapped air then escaped through the hole, causing the unusual "whistling scrotum" effect.
With the use of plastic tubes, doctors were able to drain this erroneous air and eventually fix the 72-year-old's obscure problem.
The same study goes on to explain that "Pneumoscrotum is a rare clinical occurrence in which air accumulates in the scrotum," adding that "the origin of air is primarily from trauma."
Following a touch and go period in hospital after the air impacted his heart and lungs, the man was finally able to leave and return home - however he continued to have air trapped in his scrotum for the next two years, which doctors admitted was an "unusually long time".
In order to fully fix the problem - which the study cites as being originally caused by previous penetrative injuries - doctors had to remove both of his testicles.
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