Color Doppler in differential diagnosis of scrotal mass / 中华男科学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the differential diagnosis of scrotal mass with color Doppler ultrasound.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Retrospective analysis was made of 21 cases of scrotal mass confirmed both surgically and pathologically in our hospital.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Eight of the total number were malignancy of the testis origin, accounting for 38.1% of whole study group and 13 were benign, accounting for 61.9%. Of the 13 benign cases, only 2 were of the testis origin (15.4%) while the other 11 (84.6%) were not.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Color Doppler ultrasound plays an increasingly important role in the differential diagnosis of scrotal mass.</p>