Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 14, 2002
Ultrasound imaging is not necessary to evaluate a nonpalpable testis, according to a record review published in the October issue of Pediatrics. Urologists are better at palpating hard-to-find testes in the scrotum and in the inguinal canal, and the operative intervention is usually no different since ultrasound rarely detects a nonpalpable testis.
“An inguinal sonogram often is obtained in boys with a nonpalpable testis to ‘localize’ the testis, i.e., determine whether the testis is present,” writes Jack S. Elder, MD, and colleagues from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.
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