ReviewInsights into imaging2018
Imaging of the scrotum: beyond sonography.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- MRI of the Scrotum and Penis: Current Applications and Clinical Relevance.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Testicular Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography, Peak Systolic Velocity, Volume and Epididymal Thickness: Establishment of Normal Reference Values and Discrimination From Orchitis in Adult Patients Presenting With Acute Scrotal Pain.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2025Article
- Identification of testicular cancer with T2-weighted MRI-based radiomics and automatic machine learning.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Analysis of misdiagnosis and mistreatment of 11 cases of non-tuberculous testicular abscess: case series.AME case reports · 2025Article
- Comparison and analysis of multiple machine learning models for discriminating benign and malignant testicular lesions based on magnetic resonance imaging radiomics.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- An Overview of the Role of Multiparametric MRI in the Investigation of Testicular Tumors.Cancers · 2022Review
- Diffusion-Weighted MRI in the Genitourinary System.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- When to ask for an MRI of the scrotum.Andrology · 2021Review
- An annotated T2-weighted magnetic resonance image collection of testicular germ and non-germ cell tumors.Scientific data · 2021Article
- The potential role of MR based radiomic biomarkers in the characterization of focal testicular lesions.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
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- Value of Intra-Perinodular Textural Transition Features from MRI in Distinguishing Between Benign and Malignant Testicular Lesions.Cancer management and research · 2021Article
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- Testicular Torsion in the Emergency Room: A Review of Detection and Management Strategies.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2020Review
- Scrotal trauma: A case report and review of the literature.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2019Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to describe the role of second-level imaging techniques after an initial ultrasonography evaluation in the assessment of scrotal diseases. While ultrasonography remains central as the primary imaging modality for the evaluation of pathologic conditions of the scrotum, the role of magnetic resonance imaging continues to evolve: it can actually be valuable as a problem-solving tool when sonographic findings are equivocal or inconclusive. Magnetic resonance imaging of the scrotum may provide accurate detection and characterization of scrotal diseases, well depicting the precise location of scrotal masses (intratesticular or extratesticular) and reliably characterizing benign conditions simulating neoplastic processes, thus preventing unnecessary radical surgery. Advanced magnetic resonance techniques, most of all diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, play in the meanwhile a more significant role in evaluating scrotal diseases. TEACHING POINTS: • Multiparametric ultrasonography usually represents the initial imaging modality for approaching scrotal diseases. • MRI is well established as a problem-solving tool for inconclusive sonographic findings. • Advanced MRI techniques can be successfully applied in scrotal pathology assessment. • MRI is valuable in differentiating benign conditions from neoplastic processes. • CT plays a role in trauma assessment and cancer staging alongside PET/CT.
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