Testicular microlithiasis in association with pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 550-554

  Bercovitch, Robert S ^b   Januario, Jennifer A ^a,c   Terry, Sharon F ^d   Boetelheide, Kim ^a,c   Podis, Alan D ^a,c   Dupuy, Damian E ^a,c   Bercovitch, Lionel G ^a,c  

^a Department of Diagnostic Imaging ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PXE International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STONE FORMATION; SYMPTOM; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS TORSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR DISEASES;

EID: 27144462594     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2372041136     Document Type: Article

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