Cysts of the Tailgut

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Levert, Louise M ^a,c   Rooyen, Willem Vav ^a   Van Den Bergen, Herman A ^b  

^a Sophia Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Sophia Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYSTS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030066627     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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