Primary intimal sarcoma aorta with fatal pulmonary tumor embolism

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Sivaraman, Ammu ^a   Deshpande, Jaya ^a   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INTIMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

EID: 0030960629     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(96)00073-7     Document Type: Note

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