title: [Role of ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of acute scrotum].
abstract: Forty-five patients with acute scrotal disorders underwent gray-scale and color-Doppler ultrasonography. The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of the US in order to distinguish inflammatory diseases from testicular torsion. Gray-scale with color-Doppler US allows for evaluation of morphologic findings and perfusion and enables accurate diagnosis of most scrotal disorders especially in the earlier clinical observations.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Consorziale Treviglio e Caravaggio, Regione Lombardia, USSL n. 32, Treviglio, Bergamo.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blefari
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Risi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghilardi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pino
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography