A non-endocrine cause of testicular enlargement mimicking precocious puberty: Testicular microlithiasis

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1237-1240

  Bober, Ece ^a   Dundar, Bumin ^b   Demir, Korcan ^a   Abaci, Ayhan ^a   Çakmakçi, Handan ^a   Buyukgebiz, Atilla ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Precocious puberty; Testicular enlargement; Testicular microlithiasis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; STONE FORMATION; TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENT; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 37349089352     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2007.20.11.1237     Document Type: Article

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