Incidental finding of an isolated prostate cancer metastasis in an inguinal hernial sac

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 457-458

  Liu, Li ^a   Devine, Pamela ^a   Einhorn, Eugene ^a   Kao, Gary D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hernia; Inguinal; Neoplasm metastasis; Prostate; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; GOSERELIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033940699     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67392-2     Document Type: Article

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