Male splenic-gonadal fusion of the continuous type: Sonographic findings

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 374-377

  Kalomenopoulou, M ^a   Katsimba, D ^a   Arvaniti, M ^a   Chakkas, J ^a   Sinopidis, X ^b   Kotakidou, R ^a   Christopoulos, S ^a  

^a General Hospital George Gennimatas   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accessory testicular spleen; Splenic gonadal fusion; Testis; US

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; SPLEEN; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036480024     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100977     Document Type: Article

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