Unilateral malignant leydig cell tumor of testis in a patient with contralateral cryptorchidism

Urology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-62

  Efthimiou, Ioannis ^a   Mamoulakis, Charalampos ^a,c   Papageorgiou, George ^a   Kazoulis, Sabbas ^a   Prevedorou, Despina ^a   Kontogiorgos, George ^b   Christoulakis, Ioannis ^a  

^a Thalassemia Unit   (Greece)

^b Geniko Kratiko Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Leydig cell tumor; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS TUMOR;

AGED; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64549163731     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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