Congenital Infantile Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma Type II Treated with Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-123

  Walsh, Rowan ^a   Harrington, John ^a,b   Beneck, Debra ^a   Ozkaynak, M Fevzi ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Hepatomegaly; Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; PREDNISONE; THYROTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL TUMOR; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE HEPATIC HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA TYPE II; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0442277825     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200402000-00014     Document Type: Article

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