Hepatic malignant epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A case report and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-68

  Woodall, Charles E ^a   Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Lewis, Angela M ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Martin, Robert C G ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC MALIGNANT EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40749083220     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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