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Nuclear Medicine Methods in Scrotal Imaging
Artor Niccoli AsabellaGiuseppe RubiniGiuseppe SalvaggioGiuseppe CarusoS. Carlucciosubject
Treatment responsemedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryTesticleSentinel nodeScintigraphymedicine.diseasetestiLymphatic systemmedicine.anatomical_structuremedicineIn patientGerm cell tumorsNuclear medicinebusinessTesticular cancerNuclear Medicinadescription
In patients with acute scrotal pain scrotal scintigraphy can be used to exclude torsion of the testicle, which presents with unilateral decrease in activity on the affected side.The role of nuclear medicine methods, however, faded in the last years after the introduction of high performance color Doppler ultrasound equipment. Lymphoscintigraphy can be used in patients with testicular cancer to demonstrate the lymphatic drainage pathway of the neoplasm. Several studies suggest that 18FDG-PET/CT might have a role in the staging germ cell tumors, in identification of recurrent/residual disease, to monitor the treatment response and during the follow-up. Other investigations, however, did not confirm these results.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-01 |