Intravenous leiomyomatosis: Two cases with different routes of tumor extension

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-469

  Lam, Po Mui ^a   Lo, Keith W K ^a   Yu, Mei Y ^a   Wong, Wai S ^a   Lau, James Y W ^a   Arifi, Ahmed A ^a   Cheung, Tak H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAVENOUS LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 0842267652     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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