[Non-palpable testicular tumors in adults: A management based on imaging? Issue from the French Urologic Association Genital Cancer committee's edit].
Prog Urol 2018;
28:407-415. [PMID:
29650457 DOI:
10.1016/j.purol.2018.03.007]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Help in management of non-palpable testicular tumors. French Urologic Association Genital cancer committee's Edit.
OBJECTIVES
To review their characterization at imaging findings of non-palpable testicular tumors.
DOCUMENTARY SOURCES
Literature review (PubMed, Medline) of urological and radiological studies dealing with testicular tumors using keywords: non-palpable/incidental testicular tumors; color Doppler ultrasound; US elastography; magnetic resonance imaging; contrast enhanced sonography; partial surgery.
RESULTS
Color Doppler is the basic exam. The size, the presence of microlithts/microlithiasis/macrocalcifications, the vascular architecture are major semiological findings to suggest the benign or the malignant nature of the lesion. Other techniques like multiparametric MRI, contrast-enhanced sonography, sonographic elastography are still in evaluation. The frequency of benign tumors such as Leydig cell tumors lead to preservation management, through improved characterization, monitoring or tumorectomy.
LIMITS
Non-randomized study - a very few prospective studies.
CONCLUSION
The era of total orchiectomy for any uncertain testicular lesion is over. We try the challenge of characterization, and define management's algorithms based on the suspected nature of the tumors.
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