Ultrasound demonstration of testicular microlithiasis in pediatric patients: Is there an association with testicular germ cell tumors?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-55

  Volokhina, Yulia V ^a,b   Oyoyo, Udochukwu E ^a,b   Miller, John H ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Germ cell tumor; Microlithiasis; Testicle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CALCULI; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893700161     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2778-y     Document Type: Article

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