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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]
Overview
MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of testicular cancer.
MRI
- MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of testicular cancer. Findings on MRI suggestive of testicular cancer include:[1][2][1]
- Extension of the metastasis
- Differentiating the seminomas from the nonseminomatous germ cells tumors
- Metastases of testicular cancer to the brain
- MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of testicular cancer. MRI may be helpful in localizing the extension of the metastasis and differentiating the seminomas from the nonseminomatous germ cells tumors.[1]
- MRI may be performed to detect metastases of testicular cancer to the brain.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.