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[Diagnostic value of high frequency color Doppler ultrasonography for epididymitis]
Xiao-Yi Chen1, Wen Long, Wen-Jin Fu
1Department of Ultrasound, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China.
Objectives:
To evaluate the diagnostic value of color Doppler ultrasonography for epididymitis.
Methods:
High frequency color Doppler ultrasonography was performed in 42 patients with epididymitis and 21 health volunteers.
Results:
Compared with control group, epididymis enlarged significantly all in head, body and tail in 92% of patients with epididymitis. Bilateral epididymitis occurred in 73% of patients. Color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI), in patient group, showed the markedly increased flow signals bright in bundle in epididymis. Mild hydroccele of testis and orchitis were companied in most patients(93%). Orchitis was often complicated in the patients with long history.
Conclusions:
High frequency color Doppler ultrasonography can be a preferred exam method and has diagnostic value for epididymitis.
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