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ArticleJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2018

Sonographic classification of testicular tumors by tissue harmonic imaging: experience of 58 cases.

Atsuo Kawamoto, Tadashi Hatano, Kazuhiro Saito, Rie Inoue, Toshitaka Nagao, Shigeru Sanada

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Atsuo KawamotoDivision of Ultrasound and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan. a-kawamo@tokyo-med.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-5433
Tadashi HatanoDepartment of Urology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiro SaitoDepartment of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Rie InoueDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshitaka NagaoDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Shigeru SanadaFaculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.

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purposeTo evaluate the relationship between our proposed sonographic classification of testicular tumors by tissue harmonic imaging and histological type.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 58 testicular tumors and tumor-like lesions [seminomatous germ cell tumor (SGCT): 28; non-seminomatous germ cell tumor (NSGCT): 16; lymphoid and hematopoietic tumor (LHT): 7; Leydig cell tumor: 1; epidermal cyst: 2; and tumor of paratesticular structure (TPS): 4]. We divided a sonographic image into six types for morphological criteria and three types for color Doppler criteria. We examined the relationship between the sonographic classification and histological type.

resultsFor morphological criteria, there were 21 cases of Type I (36%), 15 Type II (26%), 9 Type III (15%), five Type IV (9%), five Type V (9%), and three Type VI (5%). For color Doppler criteria, there were 47 cases classified as hypervascular (81%), eight as hypovascular (14%), and three as avascular (5%). Most of the SGCTs were divided into types I and II; the NSGCTs into types III, IV, and V; the LHTs into only type II; and the TPSs into type VI.

conclusionWe established a sonographic classification of testicular tumors with various histological types. This sonographic classification is potentially useful for estimating the histological type of testicular tumors.

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AdultHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTesticular NeoplasmsUltrasonography, Doppler, ColorYoung AdultTesticular tumorTestisTissue harmonic imagingUltrasonography

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