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Painless Scrotal Masses in the Pediatric Population
- Source :
- The Journal of Urology. :1424-1426
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1996.
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Abstract
- In the pediatric population a broad spectrum of intrascrotal pathology ranging from congenital to neoplastic lesions present as a painless scrotal mass. The aim of our 10-year retrospective study was to review 71 pediatric cases of a painless scrotal mass to determine the overall and age specific prevalence of diseases manifesting as such masses.From 1980-1991, 71 patients 1 day to 16 years old with a painless scrotal mass underwent evaluation using 7.5 or 10 MHz. ultrasound probes with transverse and longitudinal sections.The painless scrotal mass was testicular in 61 cases (86%, 28 neoplasms, 27 congenital malformations, and 6 posttraumatic/inflammatory lesions) and extratesticular in 10 (14%, 5 neoplasms, 2 hematoceles, 2 pachyvaginitis and 1 sebaceous cyst). Patient age distribution showed 2 peaks at 0 to 1-year and 13 to 14-year intervals. More than a third of the painless scrotal masses (24 cases) were found during the first year of life, predominantly congenital anomalies (in utero torsion) and neoplasia. A total of 45 patients (63%) underwent surgery (orchiectomy in 39 and conservative treatment in 6) and a pathognomonic echo pattern allowed nonsurgical treatment in 26 (37%).Testicular ultrasound proved to be highly reliable in differentiating intratesticular from extratesticular lesions but it demonstrated poor specificity because of extensive overlap between benign and malignant pathologies. Therefore, testicular ultrasound changed the management of a few select cases of a painless scrotal mass (epididymal cysts/spermatoceles and in utero torsion).
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Urology
Testicular Diseases
Diagnosis, Differential
Sebaceous Cyst
Scrotum
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Child
Pathological
Retrospective Studies
Ultrasonography
business.industry
Age Factors
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Retrospective cohort study
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
El Niño
Child, Preschool
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Genital neoplasm
Etiology
Radiology
Genital Diseases, Male
Differential diagnosis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00225347
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....07231a1df398622edc3c3151e9b90fc5