Repeated episodes of spontaneous intracystic hemorrhage of hepatic cysts mimicking malignancy

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 256-261

  Chang, Shen Shong ^a,b   Chan, Che Chang ^a,b   Wang, Sun Sang ^a,b   Chang, Full Young ^a,b   Lee, Shou Dong ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatic cyst; Hepatic malignancy; Intracystic hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CYST;

AGED; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034106776     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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