Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of liver in adult: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 926-929

  Dai, Chao Liu ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Shu, Hong ^a   Xu, Yong Qing ^a   Huang, Yong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Liver undifferentiated(embryonal) sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EOSINOPHIL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GIANT CELL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SARCOMA; MALE; PALPATION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 14544299597     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i6.926     Document Type: Article

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