Inflammatory tumour of the retroperitoneum - A case report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 632-635

  Mali, V P ^a   Tan, H C ^a   Loh, D ^a   Prabhakaran, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Myofibroblastic tumour; Plasma cell granuloma; Pseudotumour

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33644592977     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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