US of the tunica vaginalis testis: Anatomic relationships and pathologic conditions

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2017-2032

  Garriga, Victoria ^a   Serrano, Angel ^a   Marin, Anna ^a   Medrano, Santiago ^a   Roson, Nuria ^a   Pruna, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

HUMANS; MALE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77949901634     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.297095040     Document Type: Article

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