Splenosis: A review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 589-593

  Fremont, Richard D ^a,b   Rice, Todd W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b T 1218 MCN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pelvic thoracic nodules; Splenosis; Thoracic splenosis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PLEURISY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SPLEEN; SPLENOSIS;

EID: 34250740871     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318038d1f8     Document Type: Review

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