THE DOPPLER STETHOSCOPE AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE ACUTE SCROTUM

PERRI, ANTHONY J.
SLACHTA, GREGORY A.
FELDMAN, ARTHUR E.
KENDALL, RICHARD A.
KARAFIN, LESTER

From the Departments of Urology, Temple University Medical Center, Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children and Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accepted for publication January 16, 1976.

Read at annual meeting of Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, October 29-November 1, 1975.

Journal of Urology 116(5):p 598-599, November 1976. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)58926-0

We evaluated 30 patients who had acute scrotal swelling with the Doppler stethoscope. Every case of epididymitis and torsion of the appendix testis demonstrated an increased testicular blood flow. The cases of spermatic cord torsion had no blood flow on ultrasound examination.