Value of liver scintiscan in staging of testicular neoplasm.
A nineteen-year retrospective study of the usefulness of liver scanning in the staging evaluation of germinal cell testicular neoplasms was undertaken at the National Naval Medical Center. Of 94 patients, 90 (96 per cent) demonstrated accurate correlation between liver scan and histopathologic diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*