High-frequency ultrasound findings in epididymal malformations.
OBJECTIVE
This work aims to investigate high-frequency ultrasound findings in epididymal malformations and their clinical significance.


METHODS
Eighty-five of 9,849 patients who had been examined using high-frequency ultrasound for infertility, varicocele, scrotal swelling, and so on had epididymal malformations. A retrospective analysis was conducted on the ultrasound findings of epididymal malformations in these 85 patients.


RESULTS
There were a total of 117 malformed epididymides in 85 patients with epididymal malformations. The detection rate of epididymal malformations using high-frequency ultrasound was 0.86 % (85/9,849).


CONCLUSIONS
High-frequency ultrasound can be used to diagnose epididymal malformation and seminiferous duct blockage.
Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China. enshengxue@163.com.|Fujian Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Fuzhou, 350001, China. enshengxue@163.com.
Ensheng
E
Xue
Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China.|Fujian Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Shun
S
Chen
Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China.|Fujian Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Rongxi
R
Liang
Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China.|Fujian Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Xiaodong
X
Lin
Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China.|Fujian Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Jingjing
J
Guo
Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Mei
M
Huang
Epididymis; High-frequency ultrasound; Malformation