"Hamartoma" of the spleen (splenoma) in children

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-236

  Abramowsky, Carlos ^a   Alvarado, Carlos ^a   Bradley Wyly, J ^a   Ricketts, Richard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hematologic disorder; Radiologic imaging; Spleen hamartoma; Splenoma; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOSIDERIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; RETICULIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DYSERYTHROPOIETIC ANEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HAMARTOMA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MITOSIS INDEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMACYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN HAMARTOMA; SPLEEN NODULE; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLEENOMA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 3042696646     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-9097-5     Document Type: Article

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