ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset of scrotal pain — without trauma, without antecedent mass.

GUIDELINE
American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset of scrotal pain — without trauma, without antecedent mass.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Remer EM, Francis IR, Casalino DD, Arellano RS, Baumgarten DA, Curry NS, Dighe M, Fulgham P, Israel GM, Leyendecker JR, Papanicolaou N, Prasad S, Ramchandani P, Sheth S, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset of scrotal pain -- without trauma, without antecedent mass. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 5 p. [55 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Remer EM, Francis IR, Baumgarten DA, Bluth EI, Bush WH Jr, Casalino DD, Curry NS, Israel GMN, Jafri SZ, Kawashima A, Papanicolaou N, Sandler CM, Spring DB, Fulgham P, Expert Panel on Urologic imaging. Acute onset of scrotal pain–without trauma, without antecedent mass. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2007. 5 p

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset of scrotal pain — without trauma, without antecedent mass.