Glomus tumor of the omentum: A case report

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 633-636

  Matsuo, Shigetoshi ^a   Susumu, Seiya ^a   Tsutsumi, Ryuji ^a   Azuma, Takashi ^a   Obata, Shirou ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a  

^a Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glomangioma; Glomus tumor; Omental tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALRETININ; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTUM; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36549036675     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20881     Document Type: Article

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