Splenic rupture, beyond and behind: A histological, morphometric and follow-up study of 254 cases

Pathobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 280-287

  Sterlacci, William ^a   Heiss, Simone ^a   Augustin, Florian ^b   Tzankov, Alexandar ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Rupture; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMA; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD DISEASE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CYST; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLEEN WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947572882     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099122     Document Type: Review

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