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Multiparametric Ultrasound for Focal Testicular Pathology: A Ten-Year Retrospective Review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography vs MRI for indeterminate testicular lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJU international · 2026Pooled it
- Multimodal Ultrasound Characterization of a Testicular Leydig Cell Tumor With Emphasis on Microvascular Flow Imaging Findings: A Case Report and Literature Review.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2026Review
- Multiparametric Ultrasound for Characterisation of Testicular Lesions: Beyond Orchiectomy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Micro-ultrasound for prostate cancer.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Focal intratesticular lesions including spontaneous hematomas in the acute scrotum: the pivotal role of ultrasound and MRI in diagnosis and management-a pictorial review.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Construction and validation of a nomogram model for the differential diagnosis of primary testicular benign and malignant tumors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Colour Doppler Ultrasonography in the Assessment of Intratesticular Lesions: Influence of Lesion Size and Vascular Pattern.Cancers · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of an Ultrasound Imaging Algorithm for Structured Reporting in Testicular Pathology.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A review of multiparametric ultrasound imaging in the clinical setting: scrotal contents.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Conventional ultrasonography (US), including greyscale imaging and colour Doppler US (CDUS), is pivotal for diagnosing scrotal pathologies, but it has limited specificity. Historically, solid focal testicular abnormalities often led to radical orchidectomy. This retrospective study evaluated the utilisation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and strain elastography (SE) in investigating intratesticular focal abnormalities. A total of 124 cases were analysed. This study underscored the superior diagnostic capabilities of CEUS in detecting vascular enhancement in all malignant cases, even those with undetectable vascularity by CDUS. It also highlighted the potential of CEUS in identifying distinctive vascular patterns in benign vascular tumours. Definitive confirmation of benignity could be obtained when the absence of enhancement was demonstrated on CEUS. While SE alone offered no distinctive advantage in differentiating between benign and malignant pathologies, we demonstrated that incorporating a combination of CEUS and SE into the evaluation of focal testicular abnormalities could improve diagnostic performance metrics over conventional CDUS. Our findings underscore the role of advanced ultrasound techniques in enhancing the evaluation of focal testicular abnormalities in clinical practice and could aid a shift towards testis-sparing management strategies.
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