A case of bone metaplasia of the gallbladder epithelium

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-324

  Nelson, John J ^a   Kahn, Andrea G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone metaplasia; Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder; Heterotopic ossification

Indexed keywords

DIGLYCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DYSKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER EPITHELIUM; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY; BONE; EPITHELIUM; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BONE AND BONES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 63149140809     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318191b9e0     Document Type: Article

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