Ultrasonography of the acute scrotum
作者:
Brigitte Martin,
Jacqueline Conte,
期刊:
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
(WILEY Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 1
页码: 37-44
ISSN:0091-2751
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1002/jcu.1870150108
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: Testis;Acute scrotum;Ultrasound;Testis trauma;Testis tumor;Epididymitis;Testicular torsion;Scrotal hernia
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe acute scrotum remains a difficult clinical challenge because of numerous etiologies including inflammatory processes, testicular torsions, traumas, and tumors that can justify early surgery. Ultrasound study appears to be the imaging modality of choice to confirm the clinical assessment. We reviewed 825 scrotal scans performed with high‐resolution scanners; 283 were considered pathologic and classified as follows: 27 tumors (9.5%), 21 traumas including torsions (7.4%), 142 infectious diseases (50.1%), 99 dystrophic diseases (29.2%), and 16 miscellaneous (5.6%). Acute scrotal pain was the only symptom in 83 cases (29.3%). In this paper, we emphasize the different roles of ultrasound depending on the initial clinical presentation, which determines the clinician's questions. In the typical cases, ultrasound has a major role in the prognosis, as it allows evaluation of the severity of the lesions. On the other hand, in atypical cases, ultrasound has a decisive role in planning the management, which will be immediate surgery when sonographic findings highly suspicious for testicular torsion or acute ischemia of the testis are found. Based on our experience, we believe that ultrasound is a highly reliable modality for guiding medical or surgical treatment of an acute scrotu
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