Non-parasitic splenic cysts: A report of three cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 6884-6887

  Macheras, A ^a   Misiako, Evangelos P ^a   Liakakos, T ^a   Mpistarakis, D ^a   Fotiadis, C ^a   Karatza's, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epithelial cyst; Laparoscopy; Spleen; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOCYST; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 30844452952     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6884     Document Type: Article

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