Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver associated with thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 48, 2002, Pages 1673-1675

  Imanishi, H ^a   Kawata, M ^a   Yanagihara, M ^a   Nakayama, N ^a   Sato, T ^a   Furukawa, Y ^a   Fukunaga, N ^a   Kozuma, T ^a  

^a Yokohama Seamen's Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Epithelioid hemangio endothelioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Thrombo cytopenia

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GABEXATE MESILATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036840836     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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