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Neoplastic Intratesticular Lesions

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Ultrasound of the Testis for the Andrologist

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Testicular cancer accounts for 4–6% of all tumours of the male urogenital tract and is the most common malignancy in the 15–35 age group. Testicular tumours can be categorised into germ cell (95%) and non-germ cell (5%) tumours. Germ cell tumours are almost always malignant. Non-germ cell tumours include tumours arising from the stromal cells, primary and secondary tumours from haematopoietic cells and, rarely, other metastatic tumours. About 5% of testicular tumours are benign, of which 90% are stromal cell tumours.

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Isidori, A.M., Lenzi, A. (2017). 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_3

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