Gray-scale and power Doppler sonographic appearances of acute inflammatory diseases of the scrotum

Farriol, Victoria Garriga; Comella, Xavier Pruna; Agromayor, Elena Gallardo; Crèixams, Xavier Serres; Torre, Ignasi Barber Martinez de la

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(200002)28:2<67::aid-jcu2>3.3.co;2-y

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“…Heterogeneous echopattern with hyperechoic areas, enlarged epididymis and testis with increased vascularity were seen in all cases. Compared to similar cross-sectional studies done by Horstman et al 9 and Farriol et al 10 in which acute epididymo-orchitis constituted about 40% of the scrotal pathologies, our study demonstrated acute epididymo-orchitis in only 13.6% of the study population. Reduced monetary input, limited accessibility to ultrasound and medical facilities compared to the western population and the lack of awareness could be the possible factors for the reduced detection of subjects with epididymo-orchitis inspite of poor socioeconomic status, reduced hygiene in rural areas and increased prevalence of sexually transmitted infections.…”

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Evaluation of Spectrum of Scrotal Pathologies using High Resolution Ultrasound

Kumar¹,

Raghavendra²,

Nanjaraj³

et al. 2020

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The scrotum and its contents are normally accessible for clinical examination under normal conditions. Physical examination may be limited by tenderness or swelling. Gray scale and Doppler ultrasound imaging supplements the clinical examination, as an accurate means of evaluating diverse scrotal diseases. It permits differentiation between the lesions like torsion that require urgent surgical management from orchitis which can be managed conservatively. Material and methods: The study was conducted on 70 patients presenting to the outpatient department of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore with symptoms pertaining to the scrotum during a period of 12 months. They were subjected to scrotal ultrasound examination. Frequency and proportion were calculated using Epi Info TM for Windows version 7. Results: The most commonly involved age group was 31 to 40 years (n = 23; 32.9%). Swelling was the most common symptom. On USG, the most common scrotal pathology encountered was hydrocele (n=22; 19.80%) followed by epididymal cyst (n=18; 16.2%), epididymo-orchitis (n=15; 13.60%) and epididymitis (n = 10; 9%). The pathologies were more common on left side (n=48, 43.24%). Conclusion: High frequency ultrasonography with Color Doppler study serves as an excellent diagnostic imaging modality in the evaluation of scrotal diseases. It is the investigation of choice since it is highly sensitive, easy to perform, widely available, repeatable and involves no risk of ionizing radiation. Periodic follow-up USG scans are recommended for patients with inflammatory scrotal lesions to monitor response to treatment and to reveal the development of complications.

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Evaluation of Spectrum of Scrotal Pathologies using High Resolution Ultrasound

Kumar¹,

Raghavendra²,

Nanjaraj³

et al. 2020

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“…Color Doppler US is a useful tool for assessing active inflammatory disease, although PDUS is more sensitive in the detection of flow in small vessels. [12][13][14] However, both CDUS and PDUS are subject to blooming effects from vessel signals as well as color noise and clutter artifacts resulting from the Doppler signals. Both blooming effects and color noise produce distortions in the sonographic appearance of the imaged structure, in particular artificially low blood-flow velocity measurements.…”

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Visualization of Blood Flow in an Undermined Pressure Ulcer Revealed by Sonographic Imaging and Clutter Suppression Post-Processing

Yabunaka

Nakagami

Kitamura

et al. 2016

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

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The authors report a case of a middle-age man presenting with a category IV pressure ulcer (PU) over the sacrum. Undermining of the PU was assessed with the aid of gray-scale sonography (US), color Doppler US, power Doppler US, and a microvascular imaging technique employing advanced clutter suppression. Clutter suppression post-processing the study allowed for the evaluation of low-velocity microvascular flow in the undermined PU and facilitated the choice of appropriate treatment.

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Gray-scale and power Doppler sonographic appearances of acute inflammatory diseases of the scrotum

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Evaluation of Spectrum of Scrotal Pathologies using High Resolution Ultrasound

Evaluation of Spectrum of Scrotal Pathologies using High Resolution Ultrasound

Visualization of Blood Flow in an Undermined Pressure Ulcer Revealed by Sonographic Imaging and Clutter Suppression Post-Processing

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