Solitary Splenic Lesions

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-388

  Warshauer, David M ^a   Hall, H Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; PSEUDOTUMOR; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLEEN CYST; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENOMEGALY;

ABSCESS; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748942456     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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