Testicular microlithiasis: Is it significant?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 620-622

  Mullooly, C ^a   Hickerton, B ^b   Weston, R ^b   Woolley, P D ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Germ cell tumour; Men; Prevention; Screening; Scrotal; Scrotal pathology; Seminoma; Sexual health; Testicular cancer; Testicular microlithiasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE;

CALCULI; HUMANS; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867095514     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.011444     Document Type: Review

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