[Accuracy of computed tomography in urological tumour diagnosis (author's transl)]

The value of CT in comparison with other partly invasive diagnostic measures was assessed in 127 urological patients with the diagnosis "expansive process of the kidney" or "tumour" (bladder, prostate and testicles). The significance, the margin of error and correspondence with surgical and medical findings are described. Computed tomography represents a valuable supplement to tumour diagnosis in urology. It is accurate, offers basic information for radiation planning and polychemotherapy, is useful in control check-ups of patients with tumours of the kidney or testicles and should be employed in spite of the relatively high expense if a tumour is suspected.