The importance of high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in studying a pathologic disease of the scrotum was assessed. In this study we had evaluated twenty-nine patients with testicular tumor, hydrocele, epididymitis, epididymal simple cyst. The final diagnosis was established surgically in twenty patients and clinically in nine. MR imaging made it possible to discriminate intratesticular from extratesticular processes and their extent, whether a lesion was cystic or solid. Lastly MR imaging, in comparison with US scanning, seemed to have more sensitivity in the characterization of intratesticular lesions.
