Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver - A rare entity and a diagnostic challenge

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1538-1540

  Zamir, Doron ^a   Jarchowsky, Jacob ^a   Singer, Carlos ^a   Abumoch, Seif ^a   Groisman, Gabriel ^a   Ammar, Mary ^a   Weiner, Paltiel ^a  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0032173006     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00357-8     Document Type: Article

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