title: [Noninvasive imaging procedures in the diagnosis and therapy control of varicoceles. I: Sonography and thermography in the diagnosis of varicoceles].
abstract: 69 patients with clinically suspected varicoceles were examined thermographically and sonographically prior to testicular phlebography. The combination of sonography and thermography permitted precise differentiation into normal findings (7%), left-sided varicoceles (86%) and bilateral varicoceles (7%). Thermography was advantageous with an accuracy of 97.3%. Sonography had an accuracy of 90.5%. No clear correlation was found between varicocele size and degree of hyperthermia. The combination of sonography and thermography affords a high degree of accuracy in the diagnosis of varicoceles, including subclinical and infantile varicoceles.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013817:Thermography; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014646:Varicocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Nicht-invasive bildgebende Verfahren in Diagnostik und Therapiekontrolle der Varikozele. Teil I: Sonographie und Thermographie in der Varikozelendiagnostik.