Epithelial (epidermoid) splenic cysts in childhood: Surgical management of eight cases

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 134-138

  Mirilas, Petros ^a,b   Demetriades, Demetres M ^a   Siatitsas, Yanis S ^b  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN CYST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC DISEASES; SUCTION;

EID: 0036484402     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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