Intraabdominal cystic lymphangiomas obscured by marked superimposed reactive changes: Clinicopathological analysis of a series

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-432

  Hornick, Jason L ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous lymphangioma; Cystic hygroma; Gastrointestinal tract; Mesentery; Retroperitoneum; Vascular tumor

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; KERATIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENTERY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROPERITONEUM; SARCOMA; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 17844410647     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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