Intraosseous Proliferative Sparganosis : A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-113

  Settakorn, Jongkolnee ^a   Arpornchayanon, Olarn ^a   Chaiwun, Benjaporn ^a   Vanittanakom, Pramote ^a   Thamprasert, Kamthorn ^a   Rangdaeng, Samreung ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bone; Intraosseous; Parasite; Pathology; Proliferative; Sparganosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BONE DISEASE; BONE NAIL; CASE REPORT; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPARGANUM; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE DISEASES; BONE NAILS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANUM; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036043489     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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