Prepubertal testicular tumors: A 20-year experience with 40 cases

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 956-959

  Hisamatsu, Eiji ^a   Takagi, Shizuko ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshikiyo ^a   Sugita, Yoshifumi ^a   Yoshino, Kaoru ^b   Ueoka, Katsuhiko ^c   Tanikaze, Saburo ^b  

^a Department of Urology   (United Kingdom)

^b AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Pediatrics; Testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TESTIS TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958543466     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02629.x     Document Type: Article

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