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Scrotal sonography in acute disease

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Ultrasound is the appropriate first diagnostic imaging study in the evaluation of acute scrotal disease. This review highlights the major causes of acute disease of the scrotal sac, testis, epididymis, and spermatic cord, details the typical findings of the pathologic entities, and defines how duplex and color Doppler improve the diagnostic yield.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco

    Gretchen A. W. Gooding M.D.

  2. Department of Veterans Affairs, Radiology Service (114), 4150 Clement Street, 94121, San Francisco, CA

    Gretchen A. W. Gooding M.D.

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Gooding, G.A.W. Scrotal sonography in acute disease. Emergency Radiology 2, 56–66 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02628781

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