The Doppler stethoscope and the diagnosis of the acute scrotum.
We evaluated 30 patients who had acute scrotal swelling with the Doppler stethoscope. Every case of epididymitis and torsion of the appendix testis demonstrated an increased testicular blood flow. The cases of spermatic cord torsion had no blood flow on ultrasound examination.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001314:Auscultation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012611:Scrotum / Q000098:blood supply; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography