Magnetic resonance imaging of penile cancer

Sumit Gupta; Arumugam Rajesh

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2014.01.005

Magnetic resonance imaging of penile cancer

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2014 May;22(2):191-9, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2014.01.005.

Authors

Sumit Gupta¹, Arumugam Rajesh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK. Electronic address: drsumitgupta@yahoo.com.
² Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.

PMID: 24792677
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2014.01.005

Abstract

Penile cancer is a rare neoplasm that, although rare in the developed world, has devastating physical and psychological consequences for the patient. Novel MR imaging techniques such as lymphotropic nanoparticle-enhanced MR imaging may help identify metastatic lymph node disease. This article reviews the normal penile anatomy and MR imaging techniques and features of primary and metastatic penile cancer. Recent advances in penile cancer imaging are discussed.

Keywords: MR imaging; Penile cancer; Penile imaging; Staging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Lymphatic Metastasis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Neoplasm Staging
Penile Neoplasms / pathology*
Penis / pathology*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity