title: Acute segmental testicular infarction: differentiation from tumour using high frequency colour Doppler ultrasound.
abstract: Segmental testicular infarction is rare, of variable aetiology but usually idiopathic. B-mode ultrasound may demonstrate a focal mass indistinguishable from a testicular tumour, with confirmation only achieved following surgery. We report a case of segmental testicular infarction presenting as a heterogeneous mass on B-mode ultrasound, confidently diagnosed as an area of infarction on high frequency colour Doppler ultrasound and proven on histology. The pre-operative differentiation of tumour from segmental infarction allows testis-sparing surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sriprasad
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Kooiman
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Muir
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color