Primary angiosarcoma of the spleen

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 312-316

  Hsu, Jun Te ^a   Chen, Han Ming ^a   Lin, Chin Yew ^a   Yeh, Chun Nan ^a   Hwang, Tsann Long ^a   Jan, Yi Yin ^a   Chen, Miin Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Splenectomy; Splenic angiosarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 28844436511     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20419     Document Type: Review

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