Testicular Microlithiasis: One Case and Four Points to Note

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-518

  Heinemann, Volker ^a   Frey, Ulrich ^a   Linke, Jörg ^b   Dieckmann, K P ^a  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; Scrotal sonography; Testicular biopsy; Testicular microlithiasis; Testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; STONE FORMATION; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITHIASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345865046     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310001782     Document Type: Article

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