Thirty seven patients with acute scrotal pain were evaluated by color doppler ultrasonography. The diagnosis was made by clinical finding in 26 cases and surgical finding in 11 cases. There were inflammatory diseases in 22 cases, testicular torsion in 5 cases, other diseases in 10 cases. 20 cases of inflammatory disease showed increased blood flow in color doppler ultrasonography and 4 cases of testicular torsion showed absent blood flow. Thus, color doppler ultrasonographic evaluation had diagnostic value that was 80% in sensitivity and 96% specificity in differentiation of testicular torsion from other acute scrotal diseases. We think that color doppler ultrasonography in acute scrotum is a valuable diagnostic method for differentiation of testicular torsion from other acute scrotal diseases.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Scrotum* ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Spermatic Cord Torsion ; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*