title: Sports-related genitourinary trauma in the male athlete.
abstract: Genitourinary trauma is infrequent with regard to sports-related injuries and is frequently overlooked in the acute setting because other life-threatening or serious injuries take precedence. Once the patient has been stabilized, the radiologist plays a key role in the diagnosis of genitourinary trauma. The most commonly injured genitourinary organ is the kidney followed by the bladder and the urethra. Therefore, one should be familiar with imaging signs of genitourinary trauma in the athletic patient in order for these patients to be triaged appropriately. This article is a review of the spectrum of genitourinary trauma caused by sports-related injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester, 648 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY, USA, refky_nicola@urmc.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Refky
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nicola
authors.forename: Christine O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Menias
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mellnick
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.forename: Costa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raptis
authors.forename: Cary
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000293:injuries*