A salutary tale of mistaken identity in testicular cancer.

Ashita Waterston; Morag Seywright; Jeff White

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A salutary tale of mistaken identity in testicular cancer.

September 27, 2006

Waterston A, Seywright M, White J. Urol Oncol. 2006;24(5):407-9.

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The authors provide a case report to illustrate how practitioner reliance on imaging alone can lead to diagnostic error.

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