Sonography of acute scrotal abnormalities.
Accurate diagnosis in patients with acute scrotal abnormalities remains a challenge to both radiologists and clinicians. Sonography using either small parts scanners or conventional equipment available in almost all departments will continue to play a larger role in aiding the clinical assessment of these patients. As a rapid, noninvasive imagining technique, sonography can reliably answer important clinical questions and guide prompt, early surgical or medical therapy.
D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006398:Hematocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000293:injuries; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014556:Urine