Fine needle aspiration cytology of tubercular epididymitis and epididymo-orchitis

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Sah, Shatrughan Prasad ^a,b,d   Bhadani, Punam Prasad ^a   Regmi, Rajendra ^a   Tewari, Awadesh ^a   Raj, Gita Ashok ^a,c  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Epididymitis; Epididymo orchitis; Tuberculosis, male genital

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL SWELLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULAR EPIDIDYMITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS);

EID: 33744820009     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325949     Document Type: Article

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