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Classification of germ cell tumours is provided, and salient imaging features of different tumours are described. Difficulties and pitfalls of ultrasound are described, including tumours found after a trauma presentation, orchitis causing diagnostic difficulties and imaging of small testicular lesions. Other uses of ultrasound are outlined, including looking for a primary testicular tumour following the discovery of retroperitoneal lymph nodes, imaging when tumour-makers increase, local recurrence in the scrotum, and for solid organ biopsy in metastatic disease. Conclusion: Ultrasound remains the first-line of investigation for imaging of the testis, and conventional ultrasound still plays a large role in imaging. On ultrasound alone, accurate morphological characterisation of tumours remains a challenge, despite the imaging features that can be seen in different tumour types. 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