Littoral cell angioma of the spleen

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 524-526

  Tan, Yu Meng ^a,b   Chuah, K L ^a   Wong, W K ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Splenectomy; Splenic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LITTORAL CELL ANGIOMA; NEOPLASM; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 4644293771     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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