Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the liver inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the liver

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1548-1551

  Solomon, Garron J ^a   Kinkhabwala, Milan M ^b   Akhtar, Mohammed ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cornell Surgical Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; SYMPTOM; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE;

EID: 33749498034     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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