Sonographic findings of the genital tract in boys with cystic fibrosis

Valeria Rathaus; Miriam Werner; Enrique Freud; Meir Mei-Zahav; Huda Mussaffi; Hanna Blau

doi:10.1007/s00247-005-0055-4

Sonographic findings of the genital tract in boys with cystic fibrosis

Pediatr Radiol. 2006 Feb;36(2):162-6. doi: 10.1007/s00247-005-0055-4. Epub 2005 Dec 2.

Authors

Valeria Rathaus¹, Miriam Werner, Enrique Freud, Meir Mei-Zahav, Huda Mussaffi, Hanna Blau

Affiliation

¹ Diagnostic Imaging Department, Sapir Medical Center, Meir Hospital, Chernikovski Street, Kfar Saba 44300, Israel. [email protected]

PMID: 16322978
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-0055-4

Abstract

This pictorial review illustrates the findings in the sonographic examination of the male genital tract in children with cystic fibrosis (from newborn to age 12 years). We illustrate the variability in appearance and discuss the differences in findings from those in adult males with cystic fibrosis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Child
Child, Preschool
Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
Epididymis / diagnostic imaging
Genital Diseases, Male / complications
Genital Diseases, Male / diagnostic imaging*
Genitalia, Male / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Scrotum / diagnostic imaging
Seminal Vesicles / diagnostic imaging
Testis / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography