Polyorchidism: Presentation of 2 cases, review of the literature and a new management strategy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Khedis, Mehdi ^a   Nohra, Joe ^a   Dierickx, Laurence ^b   Walschaerts, Marie ^c   Soulié, Michel ^a   Thonneau, Patrick F ^c   Plante, Pierre ^a,c   Huyghe, Eric ^a,c  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^c Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Polyorchidism; Spermatic torsion; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; POLYORCHIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TORSION; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; UROLOGY;

EID: 38349177857     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111738     Document Type: Article

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