Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Arising in a Testicular Teratoma with Retroperitoneal Metastasis: Report of an Interesting Case with Review of Literature

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 812.e7-812.e10

  Mohanty, Sambit K ^a   Balani, Jyoti P ^a   Parwani, Anil V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SYMPTOM; TESTIS TERATOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 35649010381     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.07.051     Document Type: Article

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