Giant Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-190

  Ukai, Kouji ^a   Fuji, Akihiko ^a   Nishiwaki, Jun ^a   Yamada, Takaaki ^a   Hotta, Naoki ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuko ^a   Kondo, Chika ^a   Miyajima, Kazuyuki ^a   Takada, Tohru ^a   Kinoshita, Yuko ^a   Hanai, Shirou ^a  

^a Holy Spirit Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

An increase in the fibrinolytic activity; Hepatic angiomyolipoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GABEXATE; HEPARIN;

AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR;

AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GABEXATE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031089082     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.186     Document Type: Article

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