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Testicular sonography: Is an echogenic ring a sign of a benign lesion?

Testicular sonography: Is an echogenic ring a sign of a benign lesion? The differentiation of benign from malignant testicular lesions is important to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention but is often difficult, particularly in the case of focal hypoechoic lesions. We present the description of 3 cases of an echogenic ring that appeared around a hypoechoic testicular mass on sonograms. The ring proved to be a fibrous capsule around a benign lesion. If these observations are confirmed in larger series, the sonographic pattern described here may help reduce the number of orchiectomies performed for benign lesions. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 32:306–308, 2004 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Clinical Ultrasound Wiley

Testicular sonography: Is an echogenic ring a sign of a benign lesion?

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0091-2751
eISSN
1097-0096
DOI
10.1002/jcu.20034
pmid
15211678
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Abstract

The differentiation of benign from malignant testicular lesions is important to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention but is often difficult, particularly in the case of focal hypoechoic lesions. We present the description of 3 cases of an echogenic ring that appeared around a hypoechoic testicular mass on sonograms. The ring proved to be a fibrous capsule around a benign lesion. If these observations are confirmed in larger series, the sonographic pattern described here may help reduce the number of orchiectomies performed for benign lesions. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 32:306–308, 2004

Journal

Journal of Clinical UltrasoundWiley

Published: Jul 1, 2004

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