Littoral cell angioma of the spleen: Appearance on sonography and CT

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 510-513

  Goldfeld, Moshe ^a   Cohen, Isaac ^a   Loberant, Norman ^a   Mugrabi, Ahmed ^a   Katz, Igor ^a   Papura, Sorin ^a   Noi, Ivan ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angioma; Computed tomography; Littoral cell; Spleen; Tumor; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOMA; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PSORIASIS; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036788693     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10101     Document Type: Article

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