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Overview of ultrasound applications for assessing scrotal disorders
Author(s) -
Schwarze Vincent,
Marschner Constantin,
Rübenthaler Johannes,
Negrão de Figueiredo Giovanna,
Clevert DirkAndre
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15197
Subject(s) - medicine , scrotum , ultrasound , radiology , elastography , differential diagnosis , medical diagnosis , ultrasonography , medical history , physical examination , surgery , pathology
The scrotum may be affected by a plethora of different disorders such as infections, vasculopathies, trauma, and manifestations of primary and secondary malignant masses. In addition to the patient's medical history and clinical examination, ultrasound represents the imaging modality of choice to assess scrotal disorders. Time‐consuming contrast‐enhanced ultrasound and elastography can provide further information to distinguish between benign and malignant testicular mass lesions. The following invited Special Communication gives a comprehensive overview of differential diagnoses of the scrotum and their corresponding sonomorphologic correlates based on representative cases of the Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center of the University Hospital Munich.