title: [Echography, a diagnostic method in testicular abscess].
abstract: We report on 10 patients who presented with a scrotal mass. The diagnosis of testicular abscess was made on ultrasonographic examination of the scrotal mass. The sensitivity and specificity rates of the foregoing imaging technique were 100%. Furthermore, it permitted determining with precision the extent and degree of involvement of the following structures: testes, epididymis, spermatic cord and scrotal layers.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert (IUNA), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de la Torre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alberola
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: La ecografía, un medio diagnóstico en el absceso testicular.