title: [The clinical value of scrotal sonography].
abstract: In the present paper the clinical value of scrotal ultrasonography is evaluated on the basis of a literature review and own results of 400 sonographic examinations in 320 patients. The frequency of false-positive findings was only 5% representing a high sensitivity of this method. However, the specificity of ultrasonography is lower since a distinction between benign and malignant lesions is impossible. Scrotal ultrasonography is of particular value in vague palpatory findings and should be used more generous.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaiper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Zum klinischen Wert der skrotalen Sonographie.