Rhabdomyosarcoma of the spermatic cord: A case report with review of the literature

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-117

  Moroni, Michele ^a   Nesi, Gabriella ^a,b   Travaglini, Fabrizio ^a   Rizzo, Michelangelo ^a   Amorosi, Andrea ^a   Dominici, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Paratesticular neoplasms; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Spermatic cord

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOD1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPERMATIC CORD; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SPERMATIC CORD;

EID: 0038308121     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071108     Document Type: Article

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