IN VIVO AND EX-VIVO ULTRASOUND EXPLORATION OF SMALL INCIDENTAL TUMORS IN SURGICAL CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE TESTIS

Purpose: Due to the resolution improvement of ultrasonography imaging, small incidental testicular tumors management is becoming a new challenge. In order to differentiate benign and malignant lesions, the use of in vivo and ex vivo ultrasound guided open surgery in testicular tumor management is presented. Methods and Materials: Between December 2002 and January 2004, small impalpable testicular tumors (mean size=2.7±1.0mm) were diagnosed in 3 patients (age=39.7). They had inguinal exploration with occlusion of the spermatic chord, and 4 lesions were excised after intraoperative ultrasound-guided localization.…