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An unusual epididymal localization of Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumor in an adolescent with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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  1. Department of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, Unit of Pediatrics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Domenico Corica, Tommaso Aversa, Giovanni Battista Pajno & Malgorzata Wasniewska

  2. Department of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences, Unit of Radiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Antonio Bottari, Danilo Caudo, Karol Galletta, Martina Francesca Micalizzi & Giorgio Ascenti

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Corica, D., Bottari, A., Aversa, T. et al. An unusual epididymal localization of Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumor in an adolescent with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Endocrine 66, 695–698 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-01986-x

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