Mesenteric Panniculitis and Erdheim-Chester Disease: Xanthogranulomatous Diseases Confused with Malignancy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-327

  Moore, Forrest O ^a   Berne, John D ^a   Fox, Adam D ^b  

^a EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MESENTERY PANNICULITIS; OMENTUM; PANNICULITIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS, PERITONEAL; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 33846298551     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.06.032     Document Type: Article

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