title: [Improvement in the diagnosis of scrotal diseases using color-coded duplex sonography].
abstract: Two hundred and twenty-two patients with abnormalities of their scrotal contents were examined with colour-coded duplex sonography. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate this new procedure for the investigation of the scrotal organs. Differentiation between testicular torsion and inflammation by colour-coded duplex sonography achieved 95% accuracy. The diagnosis of varicoceles was simplified and expedited (accuracy = 99%). In other abnormalities of the scrotum, particularly testicular tumours, a knowledge of the blood flow did not provide any important additional diagnostic information compared with conventional sonography.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, FU Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fobbe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heidt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Koennecke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hauck
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Dieckmann
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003116:Color; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014646:Varicocele / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Verbesserung der Diagnostik skrotaler Erkrankungen mit der farbkodierten Duplexsonographie.