Retroperitoneal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with tufted angioma-like features in an infant with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 627-631

  Brasanac, Dimitrije ^a   Janic, Dragana ^b   Boricic, Ivan ^a   Jovanovic, Nada ^b   Dokmanovic, Lidija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Retroperitoneum; Tufted angioma

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER;

EID: 0242491738     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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