Coincidence of testicular germ cell tumor and sarcoidosis: A diagnostic challenge;Testikulärer keimzelltumor und sarkoidose: Eine diagnostische herausforderung

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1176-1180

  May, M ^a   Gunia, S ^b   Siegsmund, M ^c   Kaufmann, O ^b   Helke, C ^a   Hoschke, B ^a   Wille, A H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Computed tomography; Germinal cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SARCOIDOSIS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748653802     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-006-1052-4     Document Type: Article

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