Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: manifestations at computed tomography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 962-966

  Certo, M ^a,c   Lopes, L ^b   Ramada, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b Centro Hospitalar do Alto Minho EPE   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abdomen GI; Bean syndrome; blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; CT; thorax; vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RUBBER;

BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME (BRBNS); GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PELVIC IMAGING; SEVERAL ORGAN SYSTEMS; VENOUS MALFORMATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN TUMOR; SYNDROME; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35648952242     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701477702     Document Type: Article

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