Page 9 - SONO 260 Chapter 13 The Male Pelvis

SONOGRAPHY OF THE SCROTUM
• SCROTAL SONOGRAPHY IS TYPICALLY PERFORMED USING A HIGH- FREQUENCY LINEAR TRANSDUCER.
• THE SCROTAL WALL THICKNESS RANGES BETWEEN 2 AND 8 MM.
• NORMAL TESTICLES APPEAR ISOECHOIC AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF
EXTRATESTICULAR FLUID IS NOTED AROUND EACH TESTICLE.
• THE NORMAL MEDIASTINUM TESTIS WILL BE NOTED AS AN ECHOGENIC LINEAR STRUCTURE WITHIN THE TESTIS IN THE SAGITTAL PLANE OR AS A TRIANGULAR STRUCTURE IN THE TRANSVERSE PLANE.
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