The Application Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Testicular Occupied Lesions

Comput Math Methods Med. 2021 Jun 11:2021:9962970. doi: 10.1155/2021/9962970. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Objective: To discuss the clinical application value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in testicular occupied lesions.

Methods: Nine conventional-ultrasound-found testicular occupied lesions which underwent CEUS meantime were analyzed retrospectively. The CEUS perfusion pattern was compared with the surgical pathological result or follow-up findings.

Results: Among all the 9 testicular occupied lesions, there were 5 testicular malignant tumors, 1 testicular benign tumor, 1 testicular tuberculosis, and 2 testicular hematomas. CEUS diagnosed 6 testicular malignant tumors, 1 testicular benign tumor, and 2 testicular hematomas, and its diagnostic accuracy was about 88.9%.

Conclusion: CEUS has high clinical application value in the differential diagnoses of benign and malignant testicular occupied lesions.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Computational Biology
  • Contrast Media
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / blood supply
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnostic imaging
  • Phospholipids
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sulfur Hexafluoride
  • Testicular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Testicular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Male Genital / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography / methods
  • Ultrasonography / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Phospholipids
  • contrast agent BR1
  • Sulfur Hexafluoride

Supplementary concepts

  • Testicular Germ Cell Tumor