Elevated serum estradiol suggesting recurrence of Leydig cell tumor nine years after radical orchiectomy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 659-661

  Maeda, Toshihiro ^a   Itoh, Naoki ^a   Kobayashi, Ko ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Masumori, Naoya ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Leydig cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036456866     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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