Resolving testicular microlithiasis in a 12-year-old boy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1445-1448

  Coley, Brian D ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISKS; TUMORS;

NEOPLASM; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; STONE FORMATION; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 25844477471     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.10.1445     Document Type: Article

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