Retroperitoneal lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT appearance

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-473

  Kehagias, D ^a   Pafiti, A ^a   Vaos, N ^a   Samanidis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEIOMYOMA; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER;

ACTINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEIOMYOMA; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031607831     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050417     Document Type: Article

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