• 1. Department of Ultrasonography, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Ultrasonography, Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, P. R. China;
LI Yongzhong, Email: ly917@126.com
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Objective  To discuss the diagnostic and differential diagnostic value of ultrasonography for primary testicular lymphoma (PTL) by studying the ultrasonographical image characteristics. Methods  Thirty-one patients with PTL confirmed by postoperative histopathology between 2005 and 2015 were chosen to be the study subjects. We retrospectively analyzed their ultrasonographical features and clinical data. Results  Most PTL patients were elderly men, and the initial symptom was mainly painless testis enlargement. Thirty-nine testicles were involved in the primary testicular lymphoma, including 23 unilateral and 8 bilateral. In the 31 patients, 22 had diffuse lesions and 9 nodal. Ultrasonography showed that most tumors were hypoechoic lesions, and part of them were hyperechoic linearly. The lesions had abundant blood flow signals with a low resistance index. Conclusions  In elderly patients with painless testicular enlargement, the possibility of primary testicular lymphoma must be fist considered. Manifestations of primary testicular lymphoma have some distinctive characteristics, and combined with clinical history, they are helpful for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of PTL.

Citation: JING Wenli, SHA Xiaoxi, WANG Dongmei, LI Yongzhong. Research on the value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of primary testicular lymphoma and the differential diagnosis. West China Medical Journal, 2017, 32(4): 567-570. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201508103 Copy

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