Subcutaneous splenosis: Report of a case diagnosed 36 years after splenectomy

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-150

  Zeebregts, Clark J ^a   De Bruyne, Christiaan ^b   Elbers, Hans R J ^c   Morshuis, Wim J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b St Jozef Hospital   (Belgium)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SCAR; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031940354     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750004823     Document Type: Article

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