Lymphangioma of the jejunum and mesentery presenting with acute abdomen in an adult

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Seki, Hitoshi ^a   Ueda, Tadashi ^a   Kasuya, Takamitsu ^a   Kotanagi, Hitoshi ^b   Tamura, Toyokazu ^c  

^a Department of Surgery   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tamura Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Cavernous lymphangioma; Intra abdominal lymphangioma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOMA; MESENTERY TUMOR; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031914570     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050053     Document Type: Article

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