Mature teratoma arising from an intra-abdominal undescended testis presenting as a fetal abdominal mass

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-211

  Shih, H H ^a   Teng, R J ^a   Tsou Yau, K I ^a   Lin, H H ^a   Hsieh, F J ^a   Chen, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal tumor; Mature teratoma; Neonate; Prenatal diagnosis; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TESTIS TERATOMA;

ADULT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREGNANCY; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030787166     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10030209.x     Document Type: Article

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