title: MRI for evaluation of scrotal pathology.
abstract: Since 1986, 205 patients, age 2-84 years, mean age 33 years, with scrotal pathology were examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A 1.5-T Siemens Magnetom and specially designed external coils were used for obtaining T1- and T2-weighted images. Of these, 88 patients underwent MRI studies for suspicion of testicular cancer, and 117 for a variety of benign scrotal lesions. MRI studies yielded excellent diagnostic information of scrotal pathology: predictive value for diagnosing testicular cancer was 100% with 62% of correct differentiation between seminoma and non-seminomatous tumors. In future, the incidence of diagnostic surgical explorations of scrotal pathology can be reduced by MRI studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Barmen Clinic, Wuppertal, FRG.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schultz-Lampel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bogaert
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thüroff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schlegel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cramer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology