Doppler sonography in testicular and scrotal imaging.
Links Doppler sonography in testicular and scrotal imaging. Feole JB, Lee FT JrCurr Opin Urol. 1998 Mar;8(2):87-94. Links Doppler sonography in testicular and scrotal imaging. Feole JB, Lee FT Jr. Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-3252, USA. The primary role of Doppler ultrasound of the acute testicle and scrotum is for the diagnosis of spermatic cord torsion or epididymitis. The utility of Doppler in other conditions such as testicular neoplasm is limited, and in general does not increase diagnostic specificity. The application of color Doppler imaging and power Doppler imaging increases sensitivity for the detection of orchitis and testicular neoplasms in which the gray scale findings may be subtle. Power Doppler imaging is more sensitive for the identification of slowly flowing blood than color Doppler imaging. As a result, power Doppler imaging may be particularly helpful for the diagnosis or exclusion of spermatic cord torsion as a cause of acute scrotal pain in the prepubescent male. Curr Opin Urol 8:87-94 (c) 1998 Rapid Science Ltd. PMID: 17035848 [PubMed - in process] Related Links Sonographic differential diagnosis of acute scrotum: real-time whirlpool sign, a key sign of torsion. [J Ultrasound Med. 2006] PMID: 16632779 Color Doppler sonography in acute epididymitis and orchitis. [J Clin Ultrasound. 1990] PMID: 2161009 Gray-scale and color Doppler sonography of scrotal disorders in children: an update. [Radiographics. 2005] PMID: 16160106 Current status of radionuclide scrotal imaging. [Semin Nucl Med. 1981] PMID: 6272419 Gray-scale and power doppler sonographic appearances of acute inflammatory diseases of the scrotum. [J Clin Ultrasound. 2000] PMID: 10641002 See all Related Articles... Display Summary Brief Abstract AbstractPlus Citation MEDLINE XML UI List LinkOut ASN.1 Related Articles Cited Articles Cited in Books CancerChrom Links Domain Links 3D Domain Links GEO DataSet Links Gene Links Gene (GeneRIF) Links Genome Links Project Links GENSAT Links GEO Profile Links HomoloGene Links Nucleotide Links Nucleotide (RefSeq) Links OMIA Links OMIM (calculated) Links OMIM (cited) Links BioAssay Links Compound Links Compound via MeSH Substance Links Substance via MeSH PMC Links Cited in PMC PopSet Links Probe Links Protein Links Protein (RefSeq) Links SNP Links Structure Links Taxonomy via GenBank UniGene Links UniSTS Links Show 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 Sort by Pub Date First Author Last Author Journal Send to Text File Printer Clipboard E-mail Order .
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-3252, USA.
The primary role of Doppler ultrasound of the acute testicle and scrotum is for the diagnosis of spermatic cord torsion or epididymitis. The utility of Doppler in other conditions such as testicular neoplasm is limited, and in general does not increase diagnostic specificity. The application of color Doppler imaging and power Doppler imaging increases sensitivity for the detection of orchitis and testicular neoplasms in which the gray scale findings may be subtle. Power Doppler imaging is more sensitive for the identification of slowly flowing blood than color Doppler imaging. As a result, power Doppler imaging may be particularly helpful for the diagnosis or exclusion of spermatic cord torsion as a cause of acute scrotal pain in the prepubescent male. Curr Opin Urol 8:87-94 (c) 1998 Rapid Science Ltd.
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