Littoral cell angioma (LCA) associated with liver cirrhosis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Kim, Hi Gu ^a   Park, In Suh ^a   Lee, Jung Il ^a   Jeong, Seok ^a   Lee, Jin Woo ^a   Kwon, Kye Suk ^a   Lee, Don Haeng ^a   Kim, Pum Soo ^a   Kim, Hyung Gil ^a   Shin, Yong Woon ^a   Kim, Young Soo ^a   Ahn, In Sun ^a   Lee, Keon Young ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angioma; Littoral cell; Liver cirrhosis; Spleen; Vascular tumor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LITTORAL CELL ANGIOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 20144374007     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2005.46.1.184     Document Type: Article

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