Handling and pathology reporting of circumcision and penectomy specimens

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 434-439

  Mikuz, Gregor ^a   Winstanley, Alison M ^b   Schulman, Claude C ^c   Debruyne, Frans M J ^d   Parkinson, Constance M ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Grading; Histology; Penectomy; Penis carcinoma; Phimosis; Sentinel lymph node; Staging; Uncircumcised foreskin

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CIRCUMCISION; CONDYLOMA; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PENIS; PHIMOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 4444248660     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.04.007     Document Type: Review

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