Burned‐Out Testis Tumors in Asymptomatic Infertile Men: Multiparametric Sonography and MRI Findings |
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| Authors: | Laurence Rocher MD Ludivine Glas MD Marie France Bellin MD Sophie Ferlicot MD PhD Vincent Izard MD Gerard Benoit MD Laurence Albiges MD PhD Karim Fizazi MD PhD Jean‐Michel Correas MD PhD |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Adult Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Bicetre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France;2. Paris South Medical University, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France;3. Department of Pathology, Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France;4. Department of Urology, Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France;5. Department of Oncology, the Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France;6. Department of Adult Radiology, Necker University Hospital, Paris, France;7. Paris Descartes University, Paris, France;8. Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University CNRS UMR 7587, INSERM ERL U‐979, Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | Multiparametric testicular ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were analyzed in a series of 10 infertile asymptomatic men presenting with pathologically confirmed burned‐out testicular tumors. Color/power Doppler ultrasound (CDUS), shear wave elastography (SWE), contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), and MRI were performed on 10, 5, 6, and 7 patients, respectively. All lesions appeared as a hypoechoic and hypovascular nodular area at CDUS, SWE, CEUS CDUS, and CEUS (if performed). Shear wave elastography showed a stiffer nodular area compared with the surrounding/contralateral tissues (13 versus 2 kPa); MRI revealed a well‐delineated nodular area in hypointense signal on T2, a high apparent diffusion coefficient value, and a lack of enhancement. |
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| Keywords: | color Doppler ultrasound contrast‐enhanced ultrasound magnetic resonance imaging male infertility shear wave elastography testis tumor |
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