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Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler

Introduction Due to its ease of use, lack of ionizing radiation exposure, noninvasive nature, reproducibility, low cost, and ease of accessibility, ultrasound (US) is the preferred imaging modality for evaluating scrotal disease. High-resolution US and color Doppler better highlight scrotal and test...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Kislay, Kumari, Manisha, Kumar, Vinod, Suman, Sanjay K
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123666
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36776
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author Kumar, Kislay
Kumari, Manisha
Kumar, Vinod
Suman, Sanjay K
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Kumar, Vinod
Suman, Sanjay K
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description Introduction Due to its ease of use, lack of ionizing radiation exposure, noninvasive nature, reproducibility, low cost, and ease of accessibility, ultrasound (US) is the preferred imaging modality for evaluating scrotal disease. High-resolution US and color Doppler better highlight scrotal and testicular diseases because of the scrotum's superficial anatomy. The genital organs are subjected to damaging ionizing radiation during CT, while MRI is both costly and uncommon. Aims and objectives The aim of this study is to use ultrasonography (USG) to examine various scrotal diseases and to diagnose and identify different disorders utilizing high-resolution US and color Doppler. Materials and methods The study was done on 60 patients who were referred to the Department of Radiodiagnosis by the General Surgery and Urology departments for the scrotal US and Doppler study. This study was conducted between October 2021 and March 2022 at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India. Results Out of 60 patients, hydrocele was seen in 25 cases, scrotal hernia in 12 cases, undescended testis in eight cases, varicocele and epididymal cysts in seven cases, etc. In acutely painful scrotal disorders, high-frequency US with color Doppler sonography successfully distinguishes between testicular ischemia/torsion and acute inflammatory illnesses. Eighteen cases of inflammatory scrotal pathologies and one case of testicular torsion were seen.  Conclusion In detecting and assessing scrotal diseases, high-frequency USG and color Doppler sonography have good sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, the lack of ionizing radiation, simplicity, wide availability, cost-efficiency, and reproducibility make it a highly important method for scrotal diseases.
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spelling pubmed-101338342023-04-28 Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler Kumar, Kislay Kumari, Manisha Kumar, Vinod Suman, Sanjay K Cureus Radiology Introduction Due to its ease of use, lack of ionizing radiation exposure, noninvasive nature, reproducibility, low cost, and ease of accessibility, ultrasound (US) is the preferred imaging modality for evaluating scrotal disease. High-resolution US and color Doppler better highlight scrotal and testicular diseases because of the scrotum's superficial anatomy. The genital organs are subjected to damaging ionizing radiation during CT, while MRI is both costly and uncommon. Aims and objectives The aim of this study is to use ultrasonography (USG) to examine various scrotal diseases and to diagnose and identify different disorders utilizing high-resolution US and color Doppler. Materials and methods The study was done on 60 patients who were referred to the Department of Radiodiagnosis by the General Surgery and Urology departments for the scrotal US and Doppler study. This study was conducted between October 2021 and March 2022 at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India. Results Out of 60 patients, hydrocele was seen in 25 cases, scrotal hernia in 12 cases, undescended testis in eight cases, varicocele and epididymal cysts in seven cases, etc. In acutely painful scrotal disorders, high-frequency US with color Doppler sonography successfully distinguishes between testicular ischemia/torsion and acute inflammatory illnesses. Eighteen cases of inflammatory scrotal pathologies and one case of testicular torsion were seen.  Conclusion In detecting and assessing scrotal diseases, high-frequency USG and color Doppler sonography have good sensitivity and specificity. Furthermore, the lack of ionizing radiation, simplicity, wide availability, cost-efficiency, and reproducibility make it a highly important method for scrotal diseases. Cureus 2023-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10133834/ /pubmed/37123666 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36776 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kumar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kumar, Kislay
Kumari, Manisha
Kumar, Vinod
Suman, Sanjay K
Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler
title Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler
title_full Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler
title_fullStr Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler
title_short Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies by Ultrasound and Color Doppler
title_sort evaluation of scrotal pathologies by ultrasound and color doppler
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123666
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36776
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