Acute, complete splenic infarction in cancer patient is associated with a fatal outcome

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-227

  Gorg C ^a   Seifart, U ^a   Gorg K ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Splenic infarction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; EVALUATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOLID TUMOR; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 1642308035     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0108-9     Document Type: Article

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