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Localized testicular infarction masquerading as a testicular neoplasm
1Department of Urology, Sewickley Valley Hospital, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA.
Urology
|February 7, 2001
Abstract:
Localized testicular infarction appears to represent a relatively uncommon phenomenon. We describe a patient presenting with a testicular mass simulating a neoplasm, who proved to have a localized hemorrhagic infarction.
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