Imaging of burned-out testis tumor: Five new cases and review of the literature

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-521

  Tasu, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Faye, Nathalie ^a   Eschwege, Pascal ^a   Rocher, Laurence ^a   Bléry, Michel ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Imaging; Testis; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

ORCHIDECTOMY;

SONOCHEMISTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037964009     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.5.515     Document Type: Article

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