Normal adult epididymis: evaluation with color Doppler US. 1997

T S Keener, and T C Winter, and H V Nghiem, and U P Schmiedl
Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195-7115, USA.

OBJECTIVE To reevaluate blood flow patterns in the normal epididymis with color Doppler sonography. METHODS Twenty-seven healthy volunteers (aged 19-68 years) with no history of scrotal disease, infection, or surgery (including vasectomy) underwent gray-scale imaging, color Doppler imaging, and pulsed Doppler spectral analysis of the head, body, and tail of each epididymis. All volunteers had negative results of urinalysis. RESULTS In each of the 54 epididymides, blood flow was detected with pulsed Doppler and color Doppler imaging 100% of the time in the head, body, and tail. The mean resistive indexes for the right epididymal head, body, and tail were 0.55, 0.55, and 0.58, respectively. Similar values for the left side were 0.54, 0.55, and 0.55, respectively. None of these values were statistically significantly different. CONCLUSIONS With current ultrasound imaging technology, epididymal flow was demonstrated not only in the head but also in the body and tail of the epididymides of all of our healthy volunteers. Thus, detection of flow in the epididymis at color Doppler imaging can be a normal finding and does not necessarily imply epididymitis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D012039 Regional Blood Flow The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body. Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D004822 Epididymis The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D018615 Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colors on a gray scale in a real-time image. This type of ultrasonography is well-suited to identifying the location of high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region. Doppler Ultrasonography, Color,Ultrasonography, Color Doppler,Color Doppler Ultrasonography,Color Ultrasonography, Doppler,Doppler Color Ultrasonography,Ultrasonography, Doppler Color
D018617 Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with velocity detection combined with range discrimination. Short bursts of ultrasound are transmitted at regular intervals and the echoes are demodulated as they return. Doppler Ultrasonography, Pulsed,Ultrasonography, Pulsed Doppler,Doppler Pulsed Ultrasonography,Pulsed Doppler Ultrasonography,Pulsed Ultrasonography, Doppler,Ultrasonography, Doppler Pulsed

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