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Multiparametric Ultrasound for Diagnosing Testicular Lesions: Everything You Need to Know in Daily Clinical Practice.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Management of gynecomastia in adolescence and adults: the clinical practice guidelines from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS).Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Guideline
- Iron overload disorders in adults: a comprehensive review of gonadal function, reproductive, and sexual health.Human reproduction update · 2026Pooled it
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography vs MRI for indeterminate testicular lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJU international · 2026Pooled it
- Guideline of guidelines: management of small testicular masses.BJU international · 2026Pooled it
- Abdominopelvic imaging in the follow-up of testicular germ-cell tumors in adults: recommendations of the Scrotal and Penile Imaging Working Group of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.European radiology · 2025Guideline
- 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
- "Management of andrological disorders from childhood and adolescence to transition age: guidelines from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) in collaboration with the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP)-Part-1".Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Guideline
- Incidence of Gonadal and Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumours in Patients With Klinefelter Syndrome.Andrology · 2026Article
- Multiparametric Ultrasound for Characterisation of Testicular Lesions: Beyond Orchiectomy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Management of andrological disorders from childhood and adolescence to transition age: guidelines from the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) in collaboration with the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP) - part-2.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Article
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- Multiparametric Ultrasound Findings of Testicular Sarcoidosis.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Article
- Machine learning of multiparametric MRI radiomics preoperatively distinguishes testicular seminoma from non-seminoma: a multicenter study.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- The value of the "map sign" in shear wave elastography for differentiating seminomas from non-seminomas.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
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- From incidentaloma to actionable insight: a clinical-molecular-imaging framework for risk-stratified management of testicular microlithiasis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- MRI of the Scrotum and Penis: Current Applications and Clinical Relevance.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Deep learning-based super-resolution US radiomics to differentiate testicular seminoma and non-seminoma: an international multicenter study.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Expanding Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Elastography in the Evaluation of Abdominal Pathologies in Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Testicular ultrasound: an emergency medicine perspective.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundUltrasonography (US) represents the gold standard imaging method for the assessment of testicular lesions (TL). The gray-scale (GSUS) and color-Doppler (CDUS) ultrasound examination allow sonographers to investigate the size, margins, echotexture, and vascular features of TLs with the aim to differentiate benign from malignant lesions. Recently, the use of contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) and sonoelastography (SE) has led to further improvements in the differential diagnosis of TL. Although GSUS and CDUS are often sufficient to suggest the benign or malignant nature of the TL, CEUS can be decisive in the differential diagnosis of unclear findings, while SE can help to strengthen the diagnosis. The contemporary combination of GSUS, CDUS, CEUS, and SE has led to a new diagnostic paradigm named multiparametric US (mp-US), which is able to provide a more detailed characterization of TLs than single techniques alone. This narrative and pictorial review aimed to describe the mp-US appearance of several TLs.
methodsAn extensive Medline search was performed to identify studies in the English language focusing on the mp-US evaluation of TLs.
resultsA practical mp-US "identity card" and iconographic characterization of several benign and malignant TLs is provided herein.
conclusionsThe mp-US characterization of TL reported herein can be useful in daily clinical practice.
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