Learning objectives
The purpose of this article is to review evolving technologies and current imaging techniques that are being used for detection and management of testicular cancer,
to correlate imaging with pathologic findings to discuss the differential diagnosis of testicular cancer.
Background
Testicular cancer is a highly treatable,
almost always curable if found early,
and is usually curable even when at a later stage,
most often develops in young and middle-aged men.
Testicular neoplasms comprise the most common solid malignancy of affecting males between the ages of 15 and 35,
but only accounts for about 1% of all cancers in men. In boys who have not yet reached puberty,
testicular cancer is uncommon.
The incidence has been increasing worldwide.
Most types of testicular cancer develop in sperm-producing...
Findings and procedure details
Men with testicular cancer may experience a variety of symptoms or signs,
or do not have any of these changes.
Testicular and scrotal ultrasound is the primary modality for imaging most of the male reproductive system.
It is relatively inexpensive,
quick,
can be correlated quickly with patients signs and symptoms,
and most improtantly,
does not employ ionising radiation.
The paired testicular arteries arise directly from the abdominal aorta,
just below the origin of renal arteries and are drained by pampiniform plexus,
wich continue as the...
Conclusion
Radiologists plays a central role in assesment of tumour bulk, in initial diagnosis,
staging of testicular pathology because the treatments primaly determined by clinical staging,
and considered the most important predictor of survival,
monitoring response to therapy and accurate assesment of disease at replase.
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