Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: Case report and literature review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1789-1792

  Defatta, Robert J ^a,b   Verret, D J ^a   Adelson, Robert T ^a   Gomez, Ana ^b   Myers, Larry L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED SPINDLE CELL NEOPLASM; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; MALE; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GADOLINIUM; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SARCOMA; SURGERY, ORAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944445003     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000176539.94515.75     Document Type: Review

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