Multiple littoral cell angioma of the spleen: A case report and review of the literature

Onkologie

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 256-258

  Qu, Zhi Bo ^a   Liu, Lian Xin ^a   Wu, Lin Feng ^a   Zhao, Song ^a   Jiang, Hong Chi ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Littoral cell angioma, multiple; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLEEN HEMANGIOMA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247562376     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101010     Document Type: Article

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