Polyorchidism: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 951-957

  Amodio, John B ^a   Maybody, Majid ^b   Slowotsky, Christya ^a   Fried, Karen ^b   Foresto, Christopher ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Scrotal; Sonography; Testicular

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

CONGENITAL ANOMALIES; POLYORCHIDISM; SCROTUM; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYORCHIDISM; REVIEW;

EID: 3142711474     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.7.951     Document Type: Review

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