Metastatic hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a teenage girl

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 550-552

  Kassam, Alisha ^a   Mandel, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti angiogenesis; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; CARBOPLATIN; CELECOXIB; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; IBUPROFEN; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; VINBLASTINE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC EPITHELOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; PANCYTOPENIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHICS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PYRAZOLES; SULFONAMIDES; THALIDOMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 54449083370     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31816e22d1     Document Type: Article

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