Littoral cell angioma of the spleen: An additional report of four cases with emphasis on the association with visceral organ cancers

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Volumn 84, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 595-599

  Bisceglia, Michèle ^a   Sickel, Joshua Z ^b   Giangaspero, Felice ^c   Gomes, Vito ^d   Amini, Mostafà ^e   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EL CAMINO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Grande degli Infermi   (Italy)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Angioma; Littoral cell; Spleen; Vascular tumor; Visceral malignancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITTORAL CELL ANGIOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PHENOTYPE; SECOND CANCER; SPLEEN TUMOR; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0031672218     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400516     Document Type: Article

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