A Case of Giant Peritoneal Loose Bodies Mimicking Calcified Leiomyoma Originating from the Rectum

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 441-442

  Takada, Atsushi ^a   Moriya, Yoshihiro ^a   Muramatsu, Yukio ^a   Sagae, Tomoo ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Atsugi Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendices epiploica; Leiomyoma; Peritoneal loose body

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; RECTUM TUMOR;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032111762     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.7.441     Document Type: Article

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