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Incidentally detection of non-palpable testicular nodules at scrotal ultrasound: What is new?
Massimo Valentino, Michele Bertolotto, Pasquale Martino, Libero Barozzi, Pietro Pavlica
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- Michele Bertolotto
Dipartimento di Radiologia, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Pasquale Martino
UO di Urologia I Universitaria, Università di Bari, Italy
- Libero Barozzi
UO di Radiologia, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
- Pietro Pavlica
GVM Care and Research, Villalba Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Abstract
The increased use of ultrasound in patients with urological and andrological symptoms has given an higher detection of intra-testicular nodules. Most of these lesions are hypoechoic and their interpretation is often equivocal. Recently, new ultrasound techniques have been developed alongside of B-mode and color-Doppler ultrasound. Although not completely standardized, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and tissue elastography (TE), added to traditional ultrasonography, can provide useful information about the correct interpretation of incidentally detected non-palpable testicular nodules. The purpose of this review article is to illustrate these new techniques in the patient management.
Keywords
Testicular lesions; Ultrasound; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Elastography
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