Asymptomatic adult cystic lymphangioma of the spleen: Case report and review of the literature

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Solomou, E G ^a   Patriarheas, G V ^b   Mpadra, F A ^b   Karamouzis, M V ^a   Dimopoulos, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b B Diagnosis Medical Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyst; Lymphangioma; MRI; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12244262769     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(02)00624-0     Document Type: Article

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