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Prostate
-has 3 zones:
COMMON DISEASES
• CT SCAN:
2. Prostate Cancer
• Scrotal thickening
• DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
• If there is no blood flow to testis Enlarged & predominantly hypoechoic epididymis
(evaluated by Doppler ultrasound) with a reactive hydrocele
after 1 minute of scanning time
• ULTRASOUND
• Hydrocele or pyocele
• Associated orchitis
5. Orchitis
7. Hydrocele
*enlarged left testicle
• Is the accumulation of fluid between
NOTES: hydrocele, enlarged epididymal head,
the visceral and parietal tunica
testicle with thickened scrotal sac
vaginalis
• COLOR DOPPLER
Staging is performed by CT
I tumor confined to testis
II extratesticular spread
IIA minimal nodal metastases, limited to
infradiaphragmatic stations
IIB bulky retroperitoneal nodal metastases
III lymphatic involvement above diaphragm
IV extranodal metastases (pulmonary,
hepatic, osseous, CNS
Seminoma
• the most common malignancy of males
age 15-30
• usually presenting as a painless scrotal
mass
• risk factors include
• cryptorchidism
• maternal diethylstilbestrol (DES)
use
• testicular atrophy
• germ cell tumors comprise
• 95% of testicular cancer *NOTES:
• 40% of these are seminomas Male pelvis- Ultrasound is done first
• 40% showed mixed histologic - mass: transrectal ultrasound
pattern - with malignancy: CT scan or
MRI
-testicle: HRUTZ
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