Leydig cell tumors of the testis: Gray scale and color doppler sonographic appearance

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 959-964

  Maizlin, Zeev V ^a,b   Belenky, Alexander ^b,c   Kunichezky, Myriam ^b,c   Sandbank, Judith ^a,b   Strauss, Simon ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Leydig cell tumor; Sonography; Testis neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CELLS; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

LEYDIG CELL TUMORS; TESTIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMITIS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3142777691     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.7.959     Document Type: Article

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