Splenosis - An important differential diagnosis in splenectomized patients presenting with abdominal masses of unknown origin;Splenose - Eine wichtige differenzialdiagnose unklarer abdomineller raumforderungen bei splenektomierten patienten

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1225-1229

  Wedemeyer, Jochen ^a   Gratz, K F ^a   Soudah, B ^a   Rosenthal, H ^a   Strassburg C ^a   Terkamp, C ^a   Bahr, M J ^a   Manns, M P ^a   Gebel, M J ^a   Bleck, J S ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Splenectomy; Splenosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; TRACER;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MESENTERY TUMOR; NIGHT SWEAT; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOMA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOSIS;

EID: 28344431611     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858640     Document Type: Article

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