Scrotal ultrasonography with emphasis on the extratesticular space: Anatomy, embryology, and pathology

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-273

  Sudakoff, Gary S ^a   Quiroz, Francisco ^a   Karcaaltincaba, Musturay ^a   Foley, W Dennis ^a  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler imaging; Extratesticular space; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOCELE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS TUMOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0036888129     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013644-200212000-00004     Document Type: Article

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