Ectopic adrenal cortex tissue: An incidental finding during inguinoscrotal operations in pediatric patients

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-319

  Ketata, Sabeur ^a   Ketata, Hafedh ^a   Sahnoun, Ahmad ^a   FakhFakh, Hamadi ^a   Bahloul, Ali ^a   Mhiri, Mohamed Nabil ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ectopic adrenal cortex; Ectopic adrenal cortex tissue, children; Hydrocele; Inguinal operations; Spermatic cord; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC ADRENAL CORTEX TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINOSCROTAL OPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 54249149426     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151411     Document Type: Article

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