Marchal G, Coenen Y, Wilms G, Baert A L
Rofo. 1978 Jun;128(6):746-53. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1230941.
Based on the investigations carried out on 18 patients with testicular tumours, the results of CT-scanning are compared with the findings of conventional radiological examination and with lymphography in particular. At the actual state of technical evolution, the study reveals that CT-scanning does not possess sufficient spatial resolution to permit the diagnosis of very small lymph node metastases and all the more of a specific diagnosis of these metastases. Nevertheless, it remains a fact that CT-scanning obviously is a preferable method with respect to the visualisation of the exact extent and size of large involvements and the effects upon the surrounding tissues. CT-scanning is proposed as the screening-procedure with regard to patients suffering from testiscarcinoma, and allows, in a great number of cases, to make more invasive techniques superfluous.
基于对18例睾丸肿瘤患者的调查，将CT扫描结果与传统放射学检查结果，特别是淋巴造影结果进行了比较。在技术发展的当前阶段，该研究表明，CT扫描不具备足够的空间分辨率来诊断非常小的淋巴结转移，更无法对这些转移进行特异性诊断。然而，CT扫描在显示大的病变的确切范围和大小以及对周围组织的影响方面显然是一种更可取的方法，这仍然是一个事实。建议将CT扫描作为睾丸癌患者的筛查程序，并且在许多情况下，可以使更具侵入性的技术变得多余。
