Anastasi G, Buemi M, Mucciardi G, Crea G, Sanfilippo G, Magno C
Divisione di Urologia, Azienda Policlinico Universitario, Università degli Studi di Messina.
Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2000 Dec;72(4):238-40.
Ultrasonography has gained an important role for the diagnosis of acute and chronic scrotal lesions. We report our experience on 6 cases of acute scrotal edema. The etiology of edema was congestive cardiopathy (two patients), glomerulonephrosis (three patients) and lumboaortic lymphnode metastases from bladder transitional cell carcinoma (one patient). Ultrasound scan scrotal appearances were similar in all examined patients, and the only pathologic findings observed were "onion" like appearance and a thickened scrotal wall. Therefore, to define acute scrotal edema etiology, it isn't enough an ultrasound examination, but it's necessary to extend the ultrasound scan assessment to other organs.
超声检查在急性和慢性阴囊病变的诊断中发挥着重要作用。我们报告了6例急性阴囊水肿的病例经验。水肿的病因分别为充血性心脏病（2例患者）、肾小球肾炎（3例患者）以及膀胱移行细胞癌的腰主动脉淋巴结转移（1例患者）。所有接受检查的患者阴囊超声扫描表现相似，观察到的唯一病理结果是“洋葱”样外观和阴囊壁增厚。因此，仅靠超声检查来确定急性阴囊水肿的病因是不够的，还需要将超声扫描评估扩展到其他器官。
