False-positive “halo” sign on testicular scintigraphy in a 5-year-old boy with epididymitis and hydrocele

Scintigraphic differentiation between acute torsion, hydrocele and testicular or scrotal abscess can be difficult. Doppler sonography may provide useful complimentary information toward diagnosis. The authors describe a 5-year-old child where epididymitis with hydrocele was misdiagnosed as testicula...

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Autores principales: Santhosh, Sampath, Guha, Poonam, Bhattacharya, Anish, Bawa, Monika, Mittal, Bhagwant Rai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326071
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.104002
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Sumario:Scintigraphic differentiation between acute torsion, hydrocele and testicular or scrotal abscess can be difficult. Doppler sonography may provide useful complimentary information toward diagnosis. The authors describe a 5-year-old child where epididymitis with hydrocele was misdiagnosed as testicular torsion on scrotal scintigraphy.

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