Malignant germ cell tumours of undescended testes: Imaging features with pathological correlation

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-204

  Muttarak, M ^a   Peh, Wilfred C G ^b   Chaiwun, B ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Testicular tumour; Testiculr malignancy; Ultrasonography (US); Undescended tests

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GONADORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 0742271659     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2003.07.008     Document Type: Article

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