Bilateral testicular masses in adrenogenital syndrome;Beidseitige testikuläre raumforderungen im rahmen des adrenogenitalen syndroms

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1607-1610

  Helke, C ^a   May, M ^a   Stolz, S ^a   Seehafer, M ^a   Erler, T ^a   Hoschke, B ^a  

^a CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenogenital syndrome; Corticosteroid therapy; Leydig cell tumor; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DWARFISM; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PALPATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0348147688     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-003-0449-6     Document Type: Article

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