Benign intrascrotal lesions

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1765-1772

  Rubenstein, Ronald A ^a   Dogra, Vikram S ^a   Seftel, Allen D ^a   Resnick, Martin I ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Neoplasms; Scrotum; Testis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ANAMNESIS; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FIBROUS PSEUDOTUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RETE TESTIS; RETE TESTIS CYSTIC ECTASIA; REVIEW; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPERMATOCELE; SPLENOGONADAL FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SIMPLE CYST; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; TUNICA ALBUGINEA CYST; VARICOCELE;

EID: 9144249218     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000123083.98845.88     Document Type: Review

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