ReviewNature reviews. Urology2011
Testicular microlithiasis: recent advances in understanding and management.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Association of testicular calcifications and intracranial germinoma: a case report and review of the literature.Translational pediatrics · 2025Article
- Management of pediatric testicular microlithiasis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Testicular ultrasound score: A new proposal for a scoring system to predict testicular function.Andrology · 2020Article
- Testicular microlithiasis: what urologists should know. A review of the current literature.Central European journal of urology · 2018Review
- Pediatric Testicular Microlithiasis: To Refer or Not to Refer?Global pediatric health · 2017Article
- Bilateral methachronous testicular germ cell tumor and testicular microlithiasis in a child: Genetic analysis and insights. A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2017Article
- Testicular microlithiasis an ultrasound dilemma: survey of opinions regarding significance and management amongst UK ultrasound practitioners.The British journal of radiology · 2014Article
- Testis tumor associated to microlithiasis.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2013Article
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Abstract
Testicular microlithiasis is an infrequent but well recognized condition, which is usually incidentally identified on testicular ultrasound scan. Interest in testicular microlithiasis has increased over the past few years, owing to an observed association with testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) and intratubular germ cell neoplasia of unclassified type (ITGCNU). This association has added to evidence that testicular microlithiasis is a feature of the testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS), which is postulated to underpin disorders of male reproduction such as subfertility, testicular atrophy, cryptorchidism, TGCT and other abnormalities of sexual development. Although the genetic and environmental components of TDS remain unclear, studies of the molecular basis of TGCT support a genetic component for testicular microlithiasis and have identified multiple genes that are associated with TGCT. These advances in the biological understanding of testicular microlithiasis and TGCT have not, however, resolved key clinical dilemmas in the management of patients with these diseases. The role of testicular microlithiasis in the clinical consideration of testicular biopsy is discussed in the context of the apparently healthy individual, the individual with TGCT and the individual with TDS.
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