[Pseudotumoral and subacute pathology of the epididymis. Contribution of ultrasonics].

Three patients presented with atypical subacute epididymal disorders diagnosed clinically as a scrotal tumor. Ultrasound imaging provided satisfactory morphologic data on lesions. Cold surgery was performed, either because of major functional disturbance (multiple epididymal abscesses) or because of doubt with respect to diagnosis (spermatic granuloma and epididymal hematoma). Castration was the final procedure in each case. Even though this surgical attitude appears logical because of the serious nature of the lesions, the revised clinical diagnosis provided by ultrasonography and the very good correlation between pathologic and ultrasonic findings should lead to a more eclectic therapeutic attitude in other cases.