Littoral cell angioma of spleen: A clinicopathologic study of 17 cases

Chinese Journal of Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-243

  Bi, Cheng Feng ^a   Jiang, Li Li ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Liu, Wei Ping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hamartoma; Hemangioma; Littoral cell; Splenic diseases

Indexed keywords

CD163 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER CYST; LYSOSOME; OVARY CYSTADENOMA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENIC LITTORAL CELL ANGIOMA; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENOMEGALY; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 34249670159     PISSN: 05295807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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