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Acute segmental testicular infarction: differentiation from tumour using high frequency colour Doppler ultrasound
S Sriprasad1, G G Kooiman, G H Muir
1Department of Urology, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
The British Journal of Radiology
|October 25, 2001
Abstract:
Segmental testicular infarction is rare, of variable aetiology but usually idiopathic. B-mode ultrasound may demonstrate a focal mass indistinguishable from a testicular tumour, with confirmation only achieved following surgery. We report a case of segmental testicular infarction presenting as a heterogeneous mass on B-mode ultrasound, confidently diagnosed as an area of infarction on high frequency colour Doppler ultrasound and proven on histology. The pre-operative differentiation of tumour from segmental infarction allows testis-sparing surgery.