Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria repens Mimicking a Scrotal Tumor

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 209.e1-209.e3

  Fleck, Ralf ^a   Kurz, Wolfgang ^a   Quade, Britta ^a   Geginat, Gernot ^a   Hof, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; EPIDIDYMAL CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 58049220020     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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