Diffuse lymphangiomatosis-A fatal case with atypical skeletal features

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-448

  Meltzer, Eyal ^a,b   Goshen, Elinor ^a,b   Fridman, Eduard ^a,b   Sidi, Yechezkel ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adynamic bone; Chylothorax; Diffuse lymphangiomatosis; Gorham Stout syndrome; Lymphangiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALIDOMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; EFFUSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; BONE DISEASE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOSIS; AUTOPSY; BONE DISEASES; CHYLE; CHYLOUS ASCITES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHATIC VESSELS;

EID: 58149176561     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181623391     Document Type: Article

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