The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the investigation of undescended testes

Diagnosis of Undescended Testis

“…It has been shown to identify clearly bilateral intra-abdominal testes in an adult [ 29 ]. The potential additional benefi t of localisation of an impalpable testis with MRI is that it may provide information on tissue characteristics [ 27 ], but sedation or anaesthesia may be needed in children under 5 years of age.…”

Localisation of Intra‐abdominal Testis by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

“…The false negative occurred in a case of high abdominal testis in which the testis was located adjacent to a pelvic kidney. Troughton et al (1990) studied prospectively 8 undescended testes; 6 were detected. The only intra-abdominal case was one in which both testes were situated in the abdominal cavity adjacent to the lateral border of the bladder.…”