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Record W4412477045 · doi:10.3138/cjms-2025-0006

Sonographic Findings in Pathology of the Penis

2025· article· en· W4412477045 on OpenAlex
Karen Letourneau, Valerie Kousaie, Peggy Yen

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Bibliographic record

Venue˜The œCanadian journal of medical sonography. · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicGenital Health and Disease
Canadian institutionsVancouver Island UniversityIsland Health
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPenisMedicinePathologyAnatomy

Abstract

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Introduction: In this article, we describe the sonographic appearance of the normal penis and define the features of three pathologies. Recognition of anatomy and the normal sonographic appearance serves as the baseline for sonographers to become proficient in completing a thorough evaluation. Methods: This case series will discuss three pathological processes in the penis: Peyronie disease, low-flow priapism, and an infected penile epidermoid inclusion cyst. Clinical presentations, sonographic findings, and tips on obtaining diagnostic images will be described. Results: Sonographic examination of the penis, though well established in the literature, can be a challenging exam for sonographers, given the limited exposure in most ultrasound training programs and in daily practice. We spoke with many sonographers to determine their experiences in this area of sonography in order to provide helpful advice and scanning tips. Included are normal penile anatomical appearances as well as sonographic findings in three pathologies. We will provide suggestions on how to make patients comfortable during an exam that most find compromising. Discussion: While sonography for penile pathology can be challenging, it is a valuable tool for diagnosis and treatment. This article aims to equip sonographers with a review of anatomy, physiology and pathology of the penis. This guide outlines the sonographic features of normal anatomy and three pathological conditions encountered in routine sonographic practice.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.117
Threshold uncertainty score0.999

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.283
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it