Hepatic hemangiomas and parachuting

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 986-988

  Plackett, Timothy P ^a   Lin Hurtubise, Kevin M ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Injury; Parachuting; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERONAUTICAL SPORT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; PARACHUTIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PUBIC BONE; RUPTURE;

EID: 53049109417     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2358.2008     Document Type: Article

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