B-mode ultrasonic evaluation of scrotal swellings.
Fourteen consecutive patients with scrotal swellings were examined to determine the feasibility of a B-scan examination. All 14 cases were correctly diagnosed prior to surgery, the majority being hydroceles. Four representative cases are offered, one of which was a hernia with air-filled intestine.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography