Imaging diagnosis - Seminoma causing liver compression in a spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo Graeca)

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E21-E24

  Pees, Michael ^a   Ludewig, Eberhard ^a   Plenz, Bastian ^a   Schmidt, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; Reptile; Seminoma; Tortoise; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; TESTUDO GRAECA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MALE; PENIS DISEASE; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TISSUE INJURY; TURTLE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PROLAPSE; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TURTLES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84924720885     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vru.12145     Document Type: Article

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