Ultrasound Evaluation of Scrotal Pathology

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-332

  Mirochnik, Brandon ^a   Bhargava, Puneet ^b   Dighe, Manjiri K ^c   Kanth, Nalini ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Orchitis; Scrotal imaging; Scrotum imaging; Testis; Torsion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; EPIDIDYMAL TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MESENCHYME TUMOR; METASTASIS; MICROLITHIASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTOLITH; SCROTUM DISORDER; SCROTUM INJURY; SEMINOMA; SOLID TUMOR; SPERM GRANULOMA; SPERMATIC CORD TUMOR; SPERMATOCELE; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TORSION; TESTIS TUMOR; TUBULAR ECTASIA OF THE RETE TESTIS; TUNICA ALBUGINEA CYST; VARICOCELE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84859503774     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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