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CARCINOID - A RARE TUMOR OF THE TESTIS
Article published in Urologia Polska 1997/50/2.

authors

Radosław Jardanowski, Roman Pykało
Katedra i Klinika Urologii AM w Warszawie
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. med. A. Borkowski
Zakład Anatomii Patologicznej Instytutu Biostruktury AM w Warszawie
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. med. A. Wasiutyński

keywords

testis carcinoid

summary

In our paper we present a very rare case of the carcinoid of the testis.
This cancer has a good prognosis due to low biological activity.

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