Spontaneous regression of inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver: A case report

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-103

  Druez, P ^a   Cornet, Ph ^a   Rahier, J ^b   Horsmans, Y ^b  

^a Hopital St Joseph   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Liver; Pseudotumor; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; REMISSION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16444371392     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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