Magnetic resonance imaging features of epididymal and/or testicular tuberculosis: a case series

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 3 MRI features for individuals

Patients NO.	Age (years)	Laterality of involvement	Main lesion	Size of the largest lesion (mm × mm × mm)	Hydrocele	Abscess formation	Fistula	T1-weighted signal intensity	T2-weighted signal intensity	Post-contrast T1 weighted enhancement	Diffusion-weighted imaging	Restricted diffusion	Misdiagnosis at initial MRI
1	27	Right	Epididymis	17 × 14 × 13	Yes	No	No	Mild, high	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	No	No
2	33	Right	Testicle	52 × 40 × 51	Yes	No	No	Iso	Mild, low	Significant	high	Yes	Malignancy
3	50	Bilateral	Epididymis	26 × 17 × 24	Yes	No	No	Iso	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
4	45	Left	Epididymis	26 × 21 × 23	Yes	No	No	Iso	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
5	32	Right	Epididymis	36 × 34 × 21	Yes	No	No	Mild, high	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
6	46	Bilateral	Epididymis	34 × 25 × 45	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mild, high	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
7	35	Bilateral	Epididymis	38 × 39 × 53	Yes	No	No	Iso	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
8	52	Left	Testicle	32 × 33 × 41	Yes	Yes	No	Low	Mild, high	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
9	44	Left	Testicle	72 × 60 × 74	Yes	No	No	Iso	Mild, high	Marked	high	Yes	Malignancy
10	45	Right	Epididymis	26 × 21 × 27	Yes	No	No	High	Mild, high	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
11	28	Bilateral	Epididymis	20 × 10 × 10	Yes	No	Yes	Mild, high	Mild, high	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
12	68	Right	Epididymis	20 × 12 × 11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Iso	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
13	60	Left	Epididymis	25 × 15 × 29	Yes	No	No	Mild, high	Mild, high	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No
14	40	Right	Epididymis	28 × 20 × 18	Yes	No	No	Iso	Mild, low	Heterogeneous, annular	high	Yes	No

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