Gorham-Stout syndrome in a male adolescent - Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-233

  Pfleger, Andreas ^a,b   Schwinger, Wolfgang ^a   Maier, Alfred ^a   Tauss, Josef ^a   Popper, Helmut H ^a   Zach, Maximilian S ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

2b interferon; Chylothorax; Gorham Stout syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLODRONIC ACID; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OCTREOTIDE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BONE ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GORHAM STOUT SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDROME; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS, ESSENTIAL;

EID: 33646916938     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000203721.83566.e6     Document Type: Review

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