Benign splenic epithelial cyst accompanied by elevated Ca 19-9 level: A case report

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 871-873

  Yigitbasi, Rafet ^a   Karabicak, Ilhan ^a,b   Aydogan, Fatih ^a   Erturk, Suphan ^a   Bican, Orhan ^a   Aydin, Ovgu ^a   Kantarci, Fatih ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CA 19 9; Splenic epidermoid cyst

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751095893     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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