Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver mimicking acute appendicitis. Case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  SakellarIdis, Timothy ^a   Panagiotou, Ioannis ^a   Georgantas, Themistoclis ^a   Micros, George ^a   Rontogianni, Dimitra ^a   Antiochos, Christos ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SARCOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 33645030217     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-9     Document Type: Article

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