Non-palpable testicular embryonal carcinoma diagnosed by ultrasound: A case report

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-126

  Ishida, Masaru ^a   Hasegawa, Masanori ^a   Kanao, Kent ^b   Oyama, Masafumi ^b   Nakajima, Yosuke ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Metastasis; Orchiectomy; Testicular neoplasms; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349091137     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn141     Document Type: Article

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