ReviewAndrology2021
When to ask for an MRI of the scrotum.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography vs MRI for indeterminate testicular lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJU international · 2026Pooled it
- The role of the radiologist in the evaluation of male infertility: recommendations of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology-Scrotal and Penile Imaging Working Group (ESUR-SPIWG) for scrotal imaging.European radiology · 2025Guideline
- Serial scrotal ultrasonographic evolution of testicular metastasis from gastric adenocarcinoma: a case description.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Article
- MRI of the Scrotum and Penis: Current Applications and Clinical Relevance.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Identification of testicular cancer with T2-weighted MRI-based radiomics and automatic machine learning.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Discriminating Malignant from Benign Testicular Masses Using Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging-A Prospective Single-Center Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and management of indeterminate testicular lesions.Nature reviews. Urology · 2024Review
- Male Infertility and the Risk of Developing Testicular Cancer: A Critical Contemporary Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Magnetic resonance imaging based deep-learning model: a rapid, high-performance, automated tool for testicular volume measurements.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- An Overview of the Role of Multiparametric MRI in the Investigation of Testicular Tumors.Cancers · 2022Review
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- Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Patients with Testicular Tumors-Intra- and Interobserver Variability.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Non-neoplastic and neoplastic scrotal pathologies on magnetic resonance imaging: a pictorial essay.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMultiparametric MRI (mpMRI) of the scrotum has been established as a useful second-line diagnostic tool for the investigation of scrotal diseases. Recently, recommendations on clinical indications for scrotal MRI were issued by the Scrotal and Penile Imaging Working Group of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.
objectiveTo update current research on when to ask for an MRI of the scrotum.
methodsPubMed database was searched for original articles and reviews published during 2010-2021.
resultsEighty-three articles fulfilled the search criteria. Scrotal MRI is mainly recommended after inconclusive US findings or inconsistent with the clinical examination and should be asked in the following cases: differentiation between intratesticular and paratesticular lesions (in rare cases of uncertain US findings), characterization of paratesticular and intratesticular lesions (when US findings are indeterminate), discrimination between germ cell and sex cord-stromal testicular tumors, local staging of testicular malignancies (in patients planned for testis-sparing surgery), differentiation between seminomas and non-seminomatous tumors (when immediate chemotherapy is planned and orchiectomy is delayed), assessment of acute scrotum and scrotal trauma (rarely needed, in cases of non-diagnostic US findings) and detection and localization of undescended testes (in cases of inconlusive US findings). Although preliminary data show promising results in the evaluation of male infertility, no established role for mpMRI still exists.
conclusionMultiparametric MRI of the scrotum, by assessing morphologic and functional data represents a valuable problem-solving tool, helping to improve our understanding on the nature of scrotal pathology and the process of spermatogenesis. The technique may improve patient care and reduce the number of unnecessary surgical procedures.
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