Testicular Microlithiasis Preceding Metastatic Mixed Germ Cell Tumor-First Pediatric Report and Recommended Management of Testicular Microlithiasis in the Pediatric Population

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1029-1031

  Slaughenhoupt, Bruce ^a   Kadlec, Adam ^a   Schrepferman, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PSC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITHIASIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ORCHIECTOMY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 65049089668     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.09.051     Document Type: Article

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