Epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the liver: Case report and review of the literature

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 612-6

  Tryggvason, Geir ^a   Blöndal, Sigurdur ^a   Goldin, Robert D ^d   Albrechtsen, Jörgen ^b   Björnsson, Jóhannes ^a   Jónasson, Jón G ^a,c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Röntgen Domus Medica   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithelioid angiomyolipoma; Liver; PEComa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 11144328094     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm1120909.x     Document Type: Review

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