Magnetic Resonance Arteriography/Venography is Not Accurate to Structure Management of the Impalpable Testis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1805-1809

  Desireddi, Naresh V ^a   Liu, Dennis B ^a   Maizels, Max ^a   Rigsby, Cynthia ^a   Casey, Jessica T ^a   Cheng, Earl Y ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cryptorchidism; magnetic resonance imaging; phlebography; testis

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMPALPABLE TESTIS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51249099776     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.04.075     Document Type: Article

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