Spontaneous rupture of splenic hamartoma in patient with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis and portal hypertension: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2133-2135

  Seyama, Yasuji ^a   Tanaka, Nobutaka ^a   Suzuki, Yoshio ^a   Nagai, Motoki ^a   Furuya, Takatoshi ^a   Nomura, Yukihiro ^a   Ishii, Jimpei ^a   Nobori, Masakazu ^a  

^a ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Portal hypertension; Splenic hamartoma; Spontaneous rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33646449998     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i13.2133     Document Type: Review

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