Unusual hemangioendothelioma of the liver with epithelioid morphology associated with marked eosinophilia: Autopsy case

Pathology International

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 694-701

  Kimura, Tokuhiro ^a   Mukai, Makio ^a   Kaneko, Yuko ^a   Hirakata, Michito ^a   Okamoto, Shinichiro ^a   Sakamoto, Michiie ^a   Okada, Yasunori ^a   Ikeda, Yasuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Eosinophilia; Hemangioendothelioma; Hemangioma; Interleukin 5; Liver

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYUREA; INTERLEUKIN 5; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIOID CELL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TESTIS TUMOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750030131     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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