Scrotal ultrasound: Pearls, patterns and pitfalls;Ecografia escrotal: Perlas, patrones y errores

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 895-910

  de Luis Pastor, E ^a   Villanuevas Marcos, A ^a   Zudaire Diaz Tejeiro B ^a   Benito Boillos, A ^a   Bondia Garcia J M ^a   Rincon A ^a   Gil Marculeta, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Radiología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burn out tumor; Scrotal lesions; Testicular neoplasm; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; SCROTUM;

GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCROTUM;

EID: 35649025294     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(07)73745-2     Document Type: Review

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