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Seventy-five patients with suspected testicular torsion who had scintiscans and adequate clinical follow-up were analyzed retrospectively. The scintiscans diagnosed 12/13 cases of surgically proven missed torsion and 3/3 cases of surgically proven acute complete torsion. The scintiscans successfully distinguished all 35 cases of epididymo-orchitis, 14 cases of torsion of the appendix testes and 8 other miscellaneous conditions from testicular torsion. The incidence of testicular torsion in our patients undergoing scrotal scintigraphy was approximately 24%.
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Mendel, J.B., Taylor, G.A., Treves, S. et al. Testicular torsion in children: scintigraphic assessment. Pediatr Radiol 15, 110–115 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388715
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