Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the orbit

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-355

  Polito, Ennio ^a   Pichierri, Patrizia ^a,b   Loffredo, Antonio ^a   Moramarco, Antonio ^a   Occhini, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Orbit; Spindle cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; ORBIT GRANULOMA; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; EXOPHTHALMOS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548312251     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104767     Document Type: Article

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