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Ultrasonography of the Adult Male Urinary Tract for Urinary Functional Testing
Published on: August 14, 2019
Imaging of the Urethra and Penis
Meghan G Lubner1, Jamie Marko2
1Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Section, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, E3/311 Clinical Sciences Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA; Genitourinary Section, ACR Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP).
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Retrograde urethrography is useful in trauma to identify urethral disruptions and in evaluation of urethral strictures. Penile fracture is defined by disruption of the tunica albuginea, can be evaluated with ultrasound or MR imaging, and requires surgical management. Urethral diverticula should communicate with the urethra, demonstrated with postvoid MR imaging. Penile-scrotal abscess may be related to retrograde genitourinary infection, foreign body, fistula, or a gas forming organism. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common penile malignancy, and MR imaging can be useful in local urethral and penile tumor staging.
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