Familial epidermoid cysts of the spleen: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 853-856

  Kubo, Masatoshi ^a   Yamane, Masaomi ^a   Miyatani, Katsuya ^a   Udaka, Tetsunobu ^a   Mizuta, Minoru ^a   Shirakawa, Kazutoyo ^a  

^a Mitoyo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

CA19 9; Epidermoid cyst of the spleen; Familial occurrence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTHER; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748124590     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3244-3     Document Type: Article

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