Tubular ectasia of the epididymis: A sign of postvasectomy status

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 447-451

  Ishigami, Kousei ^a,b   Abu Yousef, Monzer M ^a   El Zein, Yousef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Epididymis; Scrotal sonography; Testis; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPIDIDYMIS TUBULAR ECTASIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PROSTATITIS; SPERMATOCELE; TESTIS DISEASE; VARICOCELE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR DISEASES; VASECTOMY;

EID: 28244486106     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20162     Document Type: Article

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