Transarterial embolization of giant liver hemangiomas associated with kasabach-merritt syndrome: A case report

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 608-612

  Malagari, K ^a,b   Alexopoulou, E ^b   Dourakis, S ^b   Kelekis, A ^b   Hatzimichail, K ^b   Sissopoulos, A ^b   Delis, S ^b   Letsou, D ^b   Kelekis, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consumption coagulopathy; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Liver hemangiomas

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MICROSPHERES; PLATELETS;

CONSUMPTION COAGULOPATHY; KASABACH-MERRITT SYNDROME; LIVER HEMANGIOMAS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

FIBRINOGEN; MICROSPHERE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RARE DISEASES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547375989     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701326917     Document Type: Article

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