TABLE 1.

Ultrasound criteria of MAGI ⁹

Prostatitis is suspected in the presence of >2 of the following ultrasonographic signs:

asymmetry of the gland volume; areas of low echogenicity; areas of high echogenicity; dilatation of periprostatic venous plexus; single or multiple areas of acinar ectasia; area/s of moderate increased of vascularity (focal or multiple).

Vesciculitis is suspected in the presence of >2 of the following ultrasonographic signs:

increase (>14 mm) anteroposterior diameter (mono or bilateral); asymmetry >2.5 mm compared to the controlateral vesicle; reduced (<7 mm) anteroposterior diameter (mono or bilateral); glandular epithelium thickened and/or calcified; polycyclic areas separated by hyperechoic septa in one or both vesicles; fundus/body ratio >2.5 or fundus/body ratio <1; anteroposterior diameter unchanged after ejaculation.

Epididymitis is suspected in the presence of >2 of the following ultrasonographic signs:

increase in size of the head (cranio‐caudal diameter >12 mm) and/or of the tail (cranio‐caudal diameter >6 mm) (mono or bilateral); presence of multiple microcystis in the head and/or tail (mono or bilateral); low echogenicity or high echogenicity (mono or bilateral); large hydrocele mono or bilateral; enlargement in superior part of the cephalic tract and superior/inferior part ratio >1; unchanged anteroposterior diameter of tail after ejaculation.