urpose. To demonstrate the potential of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for the diagnosis of torsion taking the example of a man with equivocal clinical findings. Materials and Methods. A 43 year old gentleman with no significant past medical history presented to the Accident and emergency following acute onset right testicular pain. The clinical differential was of either epididymo-orchitis or testicular torsion.Results. The patient underwent an ultrasound scan which revealed a normal left testicle but a swollen right testicle with no discernible flow on Doppler, thus raising the suspicion of acute torsion. To increase our confidence of the diagnosis the patient was immediately cannulated and a contrast enhanced ultrasound was performed. Within a few seconds, microbubbles could be seen within the parenchymal blood vessels in the left testicle as expected, however microbubbles could not be seen within the right testicle even after 5 minutes of scanning. The clinical team were informed of the findings and the patient was taken directly to theatre where testicular torsion was confirmed and orchidopexy was performed, preserving function of the right testicle.Conclusions. In order to exclude testicular torsion, the imaging modality of choice which is used is ultrasound.Keywords: ultrasound, contrast enhanced ultrasound, epididymo-orchitis, testicle torsion. DOI:10.21569/2222DOI:10.21569/ -7415-2017 ель. Продемонстрировать потенциал ультразвукового исследования с внут-ривенным контрастированием в диагностике перекрута яичка. Материалы и методы. Мужчина 43 лет поступил в госпиталь с жалобами на резкую боль в области правого яичка. Наследственный анамнез не отягощен. По клини-ческим признакам были поставлены предварительные диагнозы: орхоэпидидимис или перекрут яичка.Результаты. Пациенту было выполнено ультразвуковое исследование, которое выявило увеличение и отѐк правого яичка с отсутствием видимого кровотока, левое яичко без особенностей. Таким образом, было выставлено предположение о наличии острого перекрута правого яичка. Для уточнения диагноза пациенту было проведено ультразвуковое исследование с внутривенным контрастированием. Через несколько се-кунд микровезикулы были видны в паренхиматозных кровеносных сосудах левого яич-P Ц СЛУЧАЙ ИЗ ПРАКТИКИ
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