Splenic lymphangioma with papillary endothelial proliferation: A case report and review of the literature

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 483-488

  Takayama, Akiko ^a   Nakashima, Osamu ^a   Kobayashi, Keita ^b   Kojiro, Masamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIN KOGA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphangioma; Papillary endothelial proliferation; Splenic lymphangioma

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN TUMOR;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD34; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT LECTINS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WEIBEL-PALADE BODIES;

EID: 0042733134     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01493.x     Document Type: Review

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