Perineal nodular induration: The 'third testicle of the cyclist', an under-recognized pseudotumour [1]

Histopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 615-616

  De Saint Aubain Somerhausen, N ^a   Geurde, B ^b   Couvreur, Y ^c  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b Ctr Hospitalier du Bois de l'Abbaye   (Belgium)

^c CARAD ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CYCLING; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIUM; LETTER; MALE; PERINEAL NODULAR INDURATION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; PSEUDOTUMOR; SCROTUM; SKIN NODULE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPORT;

AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PERINEUM;

EID: 0038509244     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01592.x     Document Type: Letter

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