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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2023

Role and added value of contrast enhanced ultrasound of the painful scrotum in the emergency setting.

Demosthenes D Cokkinos, Sasan Partovi, Vasileios Rafailidis, Christina Sierrou, Terpsichori Fragkouli, Sofia Tsolaki, Ioannis Kalogeropoulos

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Article in Journal of ultrasound, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Demosthenes D CokkinosRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 5 Dorylaiou, 11521, Athens, Greece. demoscokkinos@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-2638
Sasan PartoviSection of Interventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Vasileios RafailidisDepartment of Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christina SierrouRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 5 Dorylaiou, 11521, Athens, Greece.
Terpsichori FragkouliRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 5 Dorylaiou, 11521, Athens, Greece.
Sofia TsolakiRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 5 Dorylaiou, 11521, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis KalogeropoulosRadiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 5 Dorylaiou, 11521, Athens, Greece.
Evangelismos Hospital · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergency imaging of the scrotum is part of routine medical practice. Indications include epididymitis/epididymo-orchitis, testicular torsion, trauma, tumors and infarction. Prompt diagnosis and management are needed to ensure optimal patient outcome. Ultrasound (US) is the initial, and often the only, imaging modality for testicular pathologies. Usually, B-mode and color Doppler US are adequate. In challenging cases, contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) facilitates final diagnosis or increases the examiner's confidence by confirming findings on non-enhanced US. This paper elaborates on the examination technique of CEUS for testicular pathologies, thereby showing its added value over baseline US techniques in the emergency setting.

Indexed as

EpididymitisGenital Diseases, MaleOrchitisSpermatic Cord TorsionAcute DiseaseHumansMaleScrotumCEUSEmergencyEpididymisScrotumTesticleUltrasound

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PMID36627548
PMCPMC10247649
OpenAlexW4315473128

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