Metastasizing splenic littoral cell hemangioendothelioma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1036-1040

  Fernandez, Susan ^a   Cook, George W ^b   Arber, Daniel A ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pathol Consult of Central Virginia   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Hemangioendothelioma; Littoral cell angioma; Liver; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CD163 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANGIOMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33747615512     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200608000-00016     Document Type: Article

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