Littoral-cell angioma as a rare cause of splenomegaly

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 317-320

  Suvajdzic N ^a   Cemerikic Martinovic V ^a   Saranovic D ^b   Petrovic M ^b   Popovic M ^b   Artiko, V ^b   Cupic M ^c   Elezovic I ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b Clinical Center of Serbia   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Littoral cell angioma; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LITTORAL CELL ANGIOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 33748987623     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: 13652257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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