Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: A case illustrating doppler color flow imaging and its potential for preoperative diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1249-1255

  Boyum, James ^a   Wasserman, Neil F ^b,c  

^a Medical School

^b Department of Radiology ^*

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR DOPPLER IMAGES; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; TUMOR MARKERS;

TUMORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUNICA VAGINALIS;

EID: 48949097657     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.8.1249     Document Type: Article

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