Bilateral epididymal sarcoidosis presenting without radiographic evidence of intrathoracic lesion: Review of sarcoidosis involving the male reproductive tract

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 345-348

  Kodama, Koichi ^a,c   Hasegawa, Toru ^a   Egawa, Masayuki ^a   Tomosugi, Naohisa ^b   Mukai, Ayumu ^b   Namiki, Mikio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; EPIDIDYMIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN BIOPSY; TESTIS; THORAX; THORAX WALL; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EPIDIDYMIS; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 2942627500     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00783.x     Document Type: Review

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