Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver: A rare hepatic tumor

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2318-2327

  Läuffer, Jörg M ^a   Zimmermann, Arthur ^b   Krähenbühl, Lukas ^a   Triller, Jürgen ^a   Baer, Hans U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

epithelioid; factor VIII related antigen; hemangioendothelioma; hemangioendotheliosarcoma; liver; malignant; neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029832386     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961201)78:11<2318::AID-CNCR8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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