Nonsurgical diagnosis and management of an inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen in a child

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Yesildag, Ebru ^a   Sarimurat, Nuvit ^b   Ince, Umit ^c   Numan, Firuzan ^b   Buyukunal, Cenk ^a  

^a Pediat Surg/Pediat Urol Center   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Oruc Pathology Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiography; Children; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Spleen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PSEUDOTUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN ANGIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN TUMOR;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENIC DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0038121748     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10176     Document Type: Article

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