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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Gertrude Djouka, M.D.[2], Shanshan Cen, M.D. [3]

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MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of testicular cancer.

MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of testicular cancer. Findings on MRI suggestive of testicular cancer include: ^[1]^[2]
- Extension of the metastasis
- Differentiating the seminomas from the nonseminomatous germ cells tumors
- Metastases of testicular cancer to the brain
- Differentiating the seminomas from the nonseminomatous germ cells tumors.

↑ Tsili AC, Tsampoulas C, Giannakopoulos X, Stefanou D, Alamanos Y, Sofikitis N, Efremidis SC (December 2007). "MRI in the histologic characterization of testicular neoplasms". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 189 (6): W331–7. doi:10.2214/AJR.07.2267. PMID 18029845.
↑ Schultz-Lampel D, Bogaert G, Thüroff JW, Schlegel E, Cramer B (1991). "MRI for evaluation of scrotal pathology". Urol. Res. 19 (5): 289–92. PMID 1659016.