Primary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma of the liver: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1029-1031

  Pokharna, Rupesh K ^a   Garg, Pramod Kumar ^a   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^b   Dutta, Usha ^a   Tandon, Rakesh K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Liver malignancy; Primary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031440722     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.12.1029     Document Type: Article

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