Laparoscopic excision of a retroperitoneal cystic lymphangioma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-144

  Tsukamoto, Tadashi ^a,b   Tanaka, Shogo ^b   Yamamoto, Takatsugu ^b   Kakinoki, Eisuke ^a   Uemichi, Akira ^a   Kubo, Shoji ^b   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^b   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^b  

^a Kozu Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic excision; Lymphangioma; Retroperitoneal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHANGIOMA; RETROPERITONEAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347297291     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950300032     Document Type: Article

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