title: Bilateral testicular microlithiasis with a unilateral testicular germ cell tumor: a case report.
abstract: There is an important association between testicular microlithiasis and germ cell tumors. Ultrasound findings of 1-3 mm echogenic foci within the testicular parenchyma may be noted. Testicular microlithiasis in the general population without germ cell tumors or cryptorchidism has been estimated between 0.05 and 0.6%. However, findings of microlithiasis in concordance with germ cell tumors can be as high as 40%. We present the case report of a man with bilateral testicular microlithiasis and a unilateral germ cell tumor. Discussion of the relationship between these two conditions is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitacre
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018237:Germinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography