[MRI for the diagnosis of Leydig cell testicular tumors].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the diagnostic usefulness of MRI in the diagnosis of Leydig cell testicular tumor.


RESULTS
Male patient consulting for infertility. Testicular ultrasound and MRI were performed. Testicular MRI showed a hypointense lesion in T2 powered sequences with intense, homogeneous enhance after contrast administration.


CONCLUSIONS
MRI is considered an excellent diagnostic test for the management of patients with testicular diseases of difficult diagnosis on ultrasound, contributing to define the lesion, a Leydig cell testicular tumor in this case.
Angulo Hervías
Elena
E
Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España. elenenen@yahoo.es
Riazuelo Fantova
Gema
G
Escartín Martínez
Irene
I
Cañón Merayo
Rosa
R
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*