Angiomyolipoma mimicking true lipoma of the liver: Report of two cases

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-227

  Nonomura, Akitaka ^a   Mizukami, Yuji ^a   Shimizu, Kohichi ^a   Kadoya, Masumi ^a   Matsui, Osamu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiomyolipoma; histology; HMB 45; lipoma; liver tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029893979     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03602.x     Document Type: Article

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