Resistive index of the intrascrotal artery in scrotal inflammatory disease
| Autor: | Won Hee Jee, Kyung-Sub Shinn, J.-Y. Byun, T.-K. Hwang, B.-Y. Choe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Contusions Urology Pain Hyperemia Orchitis Sensitivity and Specificity Testicular artery Testicular Neoplasms Predictive Value of Tests Positive predicative value medicine.artery Testis medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Prospective Studies Ultrasonography Doppler Color Prospective cohort study Aged Spermatic Cord Torsion Epididymis Epididymitis Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Arteries General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Ultrasonography Doppler Pulsed Predictive value of tests Scrotum Vascular resistance Vascular Resistance business Scrotal Pain Follow-Up Studies Artery |
| Zdroj: | Acta Radiologica. 38:1026-1030 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0455 0284-1851 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02841859709172124 |
| Popis: | Purpose: to investigate the utility of the resistive indices (RIs) of the epididymal and intratesticular arteries, and to establish diagnostic criteria for scrotal inflammatory disease on the basis of quantitative color Doppler sonography Material and Methods: We prospectively examined 29 consecutive patients with scrotal pain, and 15 normal control subjects. the RIs of the intratesticular and epididymal arteries were obtained from color Doppler sonographs Results: the RIs of the testicular artery in epididymoorchitis were significantly lower than those in normal control subjects and in epididymitis (p0.5). with a cut-off value of RI=0.5, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values were 91%, 94%, 94%, 83%, and 77% respectively. the mean RI of the epididymal arteries in epididymitis and epididymoorchitis was 0.49±0.11. A high level of diagnostic accuracy in scrotal inflammatory disease was achieved when the RIs of the intratesticular and epididymal arteries were less than 0.5 and 0.7 respectively Conclusion: the RI of the intrascrotal artery would give a more objective evaluation than subjective assessment and could provide diagnostic criteria for scrotal inflammatory disease |
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