Acute scrotal pain: an approach to the diagnosis with the help of scan


https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2009.6.33
Vol. 5 No. 6 (2009)
Submitted: 17 February 2013
Accepted: 17 February 2013
Published: 18 December 2009
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  • Massimo Valentino
    lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
    Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, .
  • Michele Bertolotto Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, .
  • Carlo De Luca Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, .
  • Eduardo Ciccarese Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, .
  • Pietro Pavlica Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, .
  • Libero Barozzi Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, .
While acute scrotal pain is a common clinical problem in both children and adults, symptoms are often vague and clinical findings are nonspecific. Ultrasound (US) allows for accurate differentiation of many causes of scrotal pain, including prompt diagnosis of testicular torsion. Use of color Doppler US made US the ideal imaging modality for evaluation of the acute scrotum in urgency. The authors review proper US technique and anatomy for testicular studies and findings of the main pathologies causing acute scrotal pain presenting at emergency department.

Massimo Valentino, Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
Michele Bertolotto, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste
Carlo De Luca, Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
Eduardo Ciccarese, Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
Pietro Pavlica, Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
Libero Barozzi, Dipartimento Emergenza/Urgenza, Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti, Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
Valentino, M., Bertolotto, M., De Luca, C., Ciccarese, E., Pavlica, P., & Barozzi, L. (2009). Acute scrotal pain: an approach to the diagnosis with the help of scan. Emergency Care Journal, 5(6), 33–41. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2009.6.33

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