Hepatic angiomyolipoma with trace amounts of fat: A case report and literature review

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1196-1199

  Wang, S N ^a   Tsai, K B ^a   Lee, K T ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HOMATROPINE METHYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPANES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751243034     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.027227     Document Type: Article

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