Ruptured angiosarcoma of the liver treated by emergency catheter-directed embolization

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 804-808

  Leowardi, Christine ^a   Hormann, Yura ^a   Hinz, Ulf ^a   Wente, Moritz N ^a   Hallscheidt, Peter ^a   Flechtenmacher, Christa ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a   Schwarzbach, Matthias H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embolization; Liver; Ruptured angiosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEMIHEPATECTOMY; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER SARCOMA; MALE;

EID: 33644917976     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i5.804     Document Type: Article

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