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Male genital examination is a physical examination of the genital in males to detect ailments and to assess sexual development, and is normally a component of an annual physical examination. The examination includes checking the penis , scrotum , and urethral meatus . [ 1 ]
Transrectal ultrasonography, or TRUS in short, is a method of creating an image of organs in the pelvis, most commonly used to perform an ultrasound-guided needle biopsy evaluation of the prostate gland in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen or prostatic nodules on digital rectal exam.
Pelvic pain is pain in the area of the pelvis. Acute pain is more common than chronic pain. [2] If the pain lasts for more than six months, it is deemed to be chronic pelvic pain. [3] [4] It can affect both the male and female pelvis. Common causes in include: endometriosis in women, bowel adhesions, irritable bowel syndrome, and interstitial ...
A number of diagnostic tests can be performed through minimally invasive methods, to determine whether a patient's chronic pelvic pain is a result of pelvic varicose veins. These tests include: Pelvic and transvaginal ultrasound; Pelvic venogram; Computed tomography (CT) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Pelvic inflammatory disease is more likely to reoccur when there is a prior history of the infection, recent sexual contact, recent onset of menses, or an IUD (intrauterine device) in place or if the partner has a sexually transmitted infection.
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Men: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment This article was reviewed by Martin Miner, MD. Although we don’t pay much attention to our pelvic floor muscles, they make ...
A second specialist ultrasound exam remains preferable to a CT scan. [citation needed] As a wide range of pelvic and abdominal pathology can cause symptoms consistent with those symptoms due to left ovarian vein reflux, prior to embolisation of the left ovarian vein, a careful search for such diagnoses is essential.
Doppler ultrasound in a retrospective study was shown to be helpful for differential diagnosis of patients with acute scrotum. [13] Accuracy of imaging studies is higher for the differential diagnosis of testicular torsion and epididmo-orchitis , which there can still be the possibility of misdiagnosis for hematoceles due to testicular torsion ...