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Case Report| Volume 15, ISSUE 5, e871-e875, October 2017

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Tunica Vaginalis Mesothelioma: A Case Series From the National Institutes of Health

      Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis is a rare malignancy presenting often as a painless testicular mass.

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