title: Color Doppler ultrasonography in the evaluation of the acute scrotum.
abstract: Color Doppler ultrasonography was used to assess 20 patients with the acute onset of scrotal pain. Patients were categorized into 3 groups according to the initial clinical impression of the examining physician: ischemia, inflammation or trauma. Color Doppler ultrasonography correctly predicted the need for surgery in 8 of 9 operated patients (89%) and correctly predicted the outcome in all 11 nonoperated patients (100%). The anatomical resolution possible, as well as information regarding blood flow made color Doppler ultrasonography a useful tool in the assessment of acute scrotal processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dewire
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Begun
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Foley
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography