Subcutaneous splenosis: A clue to diagnosis of thoracic splenosis

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-

  Velitchkov, N G ^a   Kjossev, K T ^a   Losanoff, J E ^a   Kavardjikova, V A ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Subcutaneous splenosis; Thoracic splenosis

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING; SPLENECTOMY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DISEASES; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SPLENOSIS; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 0034143113     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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