Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver: Case report and literature survey

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 536-544

  Pachera, Silvia ^a,b   Nishio, Hideki ^a   Takahashi, Yu ^a   Yokoyama, Yukihiro ^a   Oda, Koji ^a   Ebata, Tomoki ^a   Igami, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nagino, Masato ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryonal sarcoma; Hepaticun differentiated sarcoma; Liver tumor; Liverun differentiated (embryonal) sarcoma; Undifferentiated sarcoma of the liver

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; LIVER SARCOMA; LIVER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SARCOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549084614     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-007-1265-y     Document Type: Article

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