[Ultrasonographic diagnosis of benign cystic lesions in the scrotum].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the ultrasonographic characteristics of benign cystic lesions in the scrotum.


METHODS
A total of 96 patients with benign cystic lesions in the scrotum were analyzed retrospectively.


RESULTS
Eighteen of the patients had benign cystic lesions in the testis, including 9 cases of intratesticular cystic lesion, 5 tubular ectasia of the rete testis, 2 epidermoid cyst and 2 dermoid cystine. And 78 of the total number had the lesions in the epididymis, including 75 cases of seminal cyst and 3 seminal fluid deposition in the epididymis. High-frequency ultrasound could clearly reveal benign cystic lesions in the scrotum, differentiate them from cystis degeneration of testiculoma, and diagnose tubular ectasia of the rete testis and seminal fluid deposition in the epididymis.


CONCLUSIONS
Ultrasonography could be a first choice and a valuable imaging means in the diagnosis of benign cystic lesions in the scrotum.
Xuan
Wei-feng
WF
Department of Ultrasound, Jiangmen Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529030, China. xwf2005@gmail.com
Zhang
Hong-huan
HH
Chen
Yi
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012611:Scrotum; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*