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Non-neoplastic Intratesticular Lesions

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Ultrasound of the Testis for the Andrologist

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Abstract

Ideally, scrotal ultrasound should distinguish between tumorous and non-tumorous lesions and – in the former category – between benign and malignant tumours. Most testicular tumours present as a palpable mass, but not all palpable masses are malignant tumours, nor are all testicular lesions palpable.

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Isidori, A.M., Lenzi, A. (2017). Non-neoplastic Intratesticular Lesions. In: Ultrasound of the Testis for the Andrologist. Trends in Andrology and Sexual Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51826-8_2

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