Review of large deep lipomatous tumours

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 524-529

  Serpell, Jonathan W ^a   Chen, Richard Y Y ^a  

^a The Alfred ^*

Author keywords

Atypical deep lipoma; Atypical lipomatous tumour; Dedifferentiation; Recurrence; Well differentiated liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COURSE EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347403521     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04042.x     Document Type: Review

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