Splenogonadal fusion: B-mode and color Doppler sonographic appearances

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1087-1090

  Stewart, Victoria R ^a   Sellars, Maria E ^a   Somers, Suchithra ^a   Muir, Gordon H ^a   Sidhu, Paul S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCES; SPLENOGONADAL FUSION; VASCULARITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLEEN DISEASE; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 3543032777     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.8.1087     Document Type: Article

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