Duplex sonographic findings in children with torsion of the testicular appendages: Overlap with epididymitis and epididymoorchitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 500-504

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplex sonography; Epididymitis; Testicular appendages; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; ORCHITIS; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTAL SWELLING; SCROTUM; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 33644683633     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.11.046     Document Type: Article

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