Echinococcal cyst of the seminal vesicles: A case-report and literature review

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 527-530

  Vasileios, Rombis ^a   Athanasios, Papathanasiou ^a   Stavros, Touloupidis ^b  

^a Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Echinococcal cyst; Hydatid cyst; Seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 0141990819     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025662818745     Document Type: Article

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