USG IN SCROTAL IMAGING
AMOL GAUTAM
Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
BOGHARA KUNAL *
Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
POTDAR DINESH
Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
PATIL PRAKASH
Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
BHOITE AMOL
Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
TAMBOLI ASIF
Department of Radiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Introduction: The majority of chronic inflammatory diseases were due to tubercular etiology. The most noteworthy sonographic findings of tuberculous epididymitis were enlarged epididymis, marked heterogeneity of echo-texture of involved epididymis, obliteration of interface between testis and epididymis, hypo-echoic nodular lesions within the testis and occasionally micro-calcification. On color Doppler sonography, spotty or focal linear Doppler signals may be seen at the periphery of the epididymis.
Methods: 100 scrotal pathology cases have been considered for study wherein high-frequency real-time grey-scale ultra-sonography along with color doppler sonography study have been conducted. The study time frame was October 2018 to March 2020.
Results: Inflammatory scrotal malformation was detected on high frequency ultrasonography (HF US) and Doppler in 40 out of 100 case studies.
Conclusion: HF US enables and empowers to unmistakably exhibit the primary changes related with intense scrotal incendiary infections, and shading Doppler is profoundly touchy in investigating intense scrotal pathology.
Keywords: Ultrasonography, scrotal swelling, testis, color doppler sonography, infection, high frequency ultrasonography (HF US)