Soft tissue radiography of the testes.
A technique of soft tissue radiography of the testes is presented. The normal radiological appearances are described, and also the radiological features seen in 75 patients with testicular lesions. Of these, 18 patients had malignant neoplasms and 57 patients had benign conditions. Testicular tumours appeared as very radio-opaque, quite sharply defined shadows. Benign conditions were less radio-opaque and often had ill-defined margins. A diagnostic accuracy of 88% was achieved in differentiating between testicular tumours and benign conditions.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013737:Testis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*