Open AccessFalse-positive "halo" sign on testicular scintigraphy in a 5-year-old boy with epididymitis and hydrocele
Author(s) -
Sampath Somanna,
Poonam Guha,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Monika Bawa,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.104002
Subject(s) - medicine , epididymitis , hydrocele , testicular torsion , scintigraphy , radiology , surgery
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.