Epidermoid cyst and teratoma of the testis: Sonographic and histologic similarities

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1403-1409

  Maizlin, Zeev V ^a   Belenky, Alexander ^c   Baniel, Jack ^b,c   Gottlieb, Paul ^a   Sandbank, Judith ^a,b   Strauss, Simon ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidermoid cyst; Sonography; Teratoma; Testis neoplasms

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EPIDERMOID CYST; ONION RING PATTERNS; SONOGRAPHY; TERATOMA; TESTIS NEOPLASMS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TESTIS TERATOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 25844483182     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.10.1403     Document Type: Review

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