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Color Doppler ultrasound in newborn testis torsion
P C Cartwright1, B W Snow, B S Reid
1Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
Objectives:
To assess the usefulness of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the newborn with suspected antenatal testis torsion.
Methods:
Nine newborns with 10 antenatally torsed testes were examined using color Doppler and gray-scale ultrasound.
Results:
Each examination revealed lack of intratesticular blood flow on the affected side and normal flow within the contralateral testis. In addition, gray-scale sonographic architecture of the affected testes appeared to reflect the duration of in utero torsion.
Conclusions:
Color Doppler sonography accurately assesses intratesticular blood flow in newborns with antenatal testis torsion and offers interesting details.