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Cryptorchidism: Follow-up

Author: Vikram S Dogra, MD, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine; Director, Division of Ultrasound, Associate Chair of Education and Research, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center
Coauthor(s): Hamid Mojibian, MD, Radiology, Mercy Medical Center
Contributor Information and Disclosures

Updated: Apr 5, 2007

Intervention

No radiologic intervention exists.

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

undescended testis, maldescended testis, atrophic testis, anorchia

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Vikram S Dogra, MD, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine; Director, Division of Ultrasound, Associate Chair of Education and Research, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center
Vikram S Dogra, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound, and Society of Uroradiology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Hamid Mojibian, MD, Radiology, Mercy Medical Center
Hamid Mojibian, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

John L Haddad, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Director of Body MRI, Department of Radiology, Methodist Hospital in Houston
John L Haddad, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, and Radiological Society of North America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Pharmacy Editor

Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Managing Editor

Matthew D Rifkin, MD, Director, Department of Radiology, Good Samaritan Hospital
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Robert M Krasny, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Eugene C Lin, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Eugene C Lin, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Nuclear Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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