Juvenile xanthogranuloma presenting as a testicular mass in infancy: A clinical and pathologic study of three cases

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Suson, Kristina ^a   Mathews, Ranjiv ^b   Goldstein, Jeffrey D ^c   Dehner, Louis P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WOLFSON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis; Juvenile xanthogranulomas; Orchiectomy; Testicle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XANTHOGRANULOMA, JUVENILE;

EID: 77949683991     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-06-0665-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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