title: [Usefulness of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute scrotal edema].
abstract: Ultrasonography has gained an important role for the diagnosis of acute and chronic scrotal lesions. We report our experience on 6 cases of acute scrotal edema. The etiology of edema was congestive cardiopathy (two patients), glomerulonephrosis (three patients) and lumboaortic lymphnode metastases from bladder transitional cell carcinoma (one patient). Ultrasound scan scrotal appearances were similar in all examined patients, and the only pathologic findings observed were "onion" like appearance and a thickened scrotal wall. Therefore, to define acute scrotal edema etiology, it isn't enough an ultrasound examination, but it's necessary to extend the ultrasound scan assessment to other organs.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Urologia, Azienda Policlinico Universitario, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anastasi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buemi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mucciardi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crea
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanfilippo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magno
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Utilità dell'ecografia nella diagnostica dell'edema acuto dello scroto.