Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: A report of two cases and review of literature

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-254

  Gupta, Narmada Prasad ^a   Agrawal, Anjani Kumar ^a   Sood, Swapan ^a   Hemal, Ashok Kumar ^a   Nair, Manju ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Malignant mesothelioma; Testis; Tunica vaginalis

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPIRUBICIN; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0032894411     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199904)70:4<251::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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