Clinical and sonographic criteria of acute scrotum in children: A retrospective study of 172 boys

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 302-310

  Karmazyn, Boaz ^a,c,d   Steinberg, Ran ^a,d   Kornreich, Liora ^a,d   Freud, Enrique ^a,d   Grozovski, Sylvia ^a,d   Schwarz, Michael ^a,d   Ziv, Nitza ^a,d   Livne, Pinchas ^b,d  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute scrotalpain; Duplex color Doppler; Physical examination; Testicular torsion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCROTUM DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS TORSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 15844386737     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1347-9     Document Type: Review

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