Long-Term Followup and Clinical Characteristics of Testicular Leydig Cell Tumor: Experience With 24 Cases

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2040-2043

  Carmignani, Luca ^a   Salvioni, Roberto ^d   Gadda, Franco ^a   Colecchia, Maurizio ^e   Gazzano, Giacomo ^b,c   Torelli, Tullio ^d   Rocco, Francesco ^a   Colpi, Giovanni Maria ^c   Pizzocaro, Giorgio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c Medical School   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Lodi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leydig cell tumor; retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750295964     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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