Surgery for ileal mesenteric lymphangioma during pregnancy: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 616-620

  Torashima, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Junzo ^a   Taniguchi, Ken ^a   Fujioka, Hikaru ^a   Shimokawa, Isao ^b   Izawa, Kunihide ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^b  

^a National Saga Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mesenteric lymphangioma; pregnancy; small intestine; surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEAL MESENTERIC LYMPHANGIOMA; ILEUM TUMOR; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHANGIOMA; MESENTERY TUMOR; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS;

EID: 3042797195     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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