Giant omental cyst in children presenting as pseudoascites

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-293

  Klin, Baruch ^a   Lotan, Gad ^a   Efrati, Yigal ^a   Vinograd, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Cystic lymphangioma; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Omental cyst; Pseudoascites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030803989     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199708000-00006     Document Type: Article

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