Angiosarcoma of the spleen: Imaging characteristics in 12 patients

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-115

  Thompson, William M ^a   Levy, Angela D ^b,c   Aguilera, Nadine S ^b   Gorospe, Luis ^d   Abbott, Robert M ^c,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIOSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SPINE METASTASIS; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENOMEGALY; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15944373902     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351040308     Document Type: Review

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