Diagnostic Imaging for Pediatric Scrotal Disorders

Radiographics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 969-985

  Frush, Donald P ^a   Sheldon, Curtis A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymitis, 847.214; Scrotum, neoplasms, 847.30; Testis, torsion, 847.1437, 847.1479, 847.89; Testis, undescended, 847.1477

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032118967     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.18.4.9672981     Document Type: Article

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