Colour Doppler imaging of the acute paediatric scrotum
| Autor: | C. Davis, R. Carachi, A. S. Hollman, S. Ingram |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Diagnostic accuracy Testicular Diseases Scrotum medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Prospective Studies Child Ultrasonography Neuroradiology business.industry Ultrasound Infant Blood flow Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Clinical diagnosis Acute Disease Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Colour doppler Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Radiology. 23:83-87 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1998 0301-0449 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02012390 |
| Popis: | The differentiation of the causes of acute scrotal pathology by clinical means alone is prone to inaccuracy, resulting in inappropriate surgical exploration. Colour Doppler imaging (CDI) provides the facility to assess blood flow. Torsion of the testis impedes blood flow, whereas it is enhanced or normal in inflammatory pathology. We have investigated 40 cases of acute scrotal disease by means of CDI in which the radiologist performing the test was unaware of the preliminary clinical diagnosis. The clinical diagnostic accuracy was 60%, whereas the diagnostic accuracy of CDI was 82%. CDI provides an effective means of enhancing diagnostic accuracy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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