Isolated diffuse hemangiomatosis of the spleen. Case report and review of Literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 479-485

  Steininger, H ^a   Pfofe, D ^a   Marquardt, L ^a   Sauer, H ^b   Markwat, R ^b  

^a Municipal Hospital of Friedrichshafen   (Germany)

^b Department of Internal Medicine Bodenseekrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffuse hemangiomatosis of the spleen; Origin; Pathogenesis; Splenic sinus lining cells

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 3142706478     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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