title: Color Doppler ultrasound in newborn testis torsion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the usefulness of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the newborn with suspected antenatal testis torsion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine newborns with 10 antenatally torsed testes were examined using color Doppler and gray-scale ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Each examination revealed lack of intratesticular blood flow on the affected side and normal flow within the contralateral testis. In addition, gray-scale sonographic architecture of the affected testes appeared to reflect the duration of in utero torsion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Color Doppler sonography accurately assesses intratesticular blood flow in newborns with antenatal testis torsion and offers interesting details.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Cartwright
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Shultz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color