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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM EPIDIDYMITIS AND EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS
• SONOGRAPHICALLY, THE INFLAMED EPIDIDYMIS WILL APPEAR ENLARGED, HYPOECHOIC, OR HETEROGENOUS AND HAVE INCREASED VASCULARITY WHEN INTERROGATED WITH COLOR OR POWER DOPPLER.
• ORCHITIS WILL YIELD INCREASED INTRATESTICULAR VASCULARITY WITH A LOW-RESISTANCE WAVEFORM PATTERN .
• CHRONIC EPIDIDYMITIS MAY APPEAR AS AN ENLARGED, HYPERECHOIC EPIDIDYMIS WITH CALCIFICATIONS.
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