Objective of our study was to define a diagnostic-therapeutic pathway for proper treatment of not-palpable testicular masses, that may be benign in 38% of cases. Since the intraoperative diagnosis is difficult to reach in particular in small lesion (< 8 mm) and the risk of tissue loss in frozen section analysis occurs frequently, we propose a diagnostic flow chart for the best management of small testis lesions. This proposed protocol has to be shown in details to physicians and patients, who must understand the clinical implications and the risk to undergo a second radical surgery.
Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway for small lesions of the testis / Sbrollini, Giulia; Mazzaferro, Daniele; Ettamimi, Asim; Montironi, Rodolfo; Cordari, Marco; Maselli, Guevar; Tucci, Giacomo; Donatelli, Gaetano; Pellegrinelli, Francesco; Conti, Alessandro; Galosi, Andrea Benedetto. - In: ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA ANDROLOGIA. - ISSN 1124-3562. - STAMPA. - 86:4(2014), pp. 397-399. [10.4081/aiua.2014.4.397]
Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway for small lesions of the testis
SBROLLINI, GIULIA;MAZZAFERRO, DANIELE;MONTIRONI, RODOLFO;CONTI, ALESSANDRO;GALOSI, Andrea Benedetto
2014-01-01
Abstract
Objective of our study was to define a diagnostic-therapeutic pathway for proper treatment of not-palpable testicular masses, that may be benign in 38% of cases. Since the intraoperative diagnosis is difficult to reach in particular in small lesion (< 8 mm) and the risk of tissue loss in frozen section analysis occurs frequently, we propose a diagnostic flow chart for the best management of small testis lesions. This proposed protocol has to be shown in details to physicians and patients, who must understand the clinical implications and the risk to undergo a second radical surgery.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
