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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

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The table below summarizes the classification of scrotal mass.^[1]^[2]^[3]


Secondary bone tumors: classification Adapted from Greenspan A et al. 2006 ^[4]

Bone formation pattern		Tumor location
Osteolytic	Renal cell cancer Melanoma Multiple myeloma Non-small cell lung cancer Thyroid cancer Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Langerhans cell histiocytosis	Skull	Breast cancer Lung cancer Melanoma Prostate cancer Thyroid cancer (usually follicular) Renal cell cancer Lymphoma Leukaemia Multiple myeloma
Osteoblastic	Prostate cancer Carcinoid syndrome Small cell lung cancer Hodgkin lymphoma Medulloblastoma	Vertebral	Breast cancer Lung cancer Prostate cancer Lymphoma Renal cell carcinoma Gastrointestinal tract malignancies Melanoma
Mixed	Breast cancer Gastrointestinal cancers Squamous cancers (at most primary sites)	Distal appendicular	Lung cancer Breast cancer Renal cell cancer Prostate cancer
Other types ( "Blow out" and "Cookie type")	Renal cell carcinoma Thyroid cancer Hepatocellular carcinoma Bronchogenic carcinoma	Distal appendicular

↑ Extratesticular scrotal mass (differential). Radiopaedia 2016. Dr Matt A. Morgan et al. , Accessed on March 15, 2016
↑ Unilateral testicular lesions. Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Vinod G Maller et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/unilateral-testicular-lesions. Accessed on March 15, 2016
↑ Bilateral testicular lesions. Radiopaedia 2016. Dr Matt A. Morgan and Dr Vinod G Maller et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/bilateral-testicular-lesions. Accessed on March 15, 2016
↑ Greenspan A, Jundt G, Remagen W. Differential diagnosis in orthopaedic oncology. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007. (2006) ISBN:0781779308