Intratesticular varicocele: Gray scale and color Doppler sonographic appearance

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1711-1716

  Kessler, Ada ^a   Meirsdorf, Shmuel ^a   Graif, Moshe ^a   Gottlieb, Paul ^a   Strauss, Simon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Color Doppler imaging; Extratesticular varicocele; Intratesticular varicocele; Sonography; Testicular lesions

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING; INTRATESTICULAR VARICOCELE; TESTICULAR LESION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 28844501725     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.12.1711     Document Type: Review

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