Massive localised lymphoedema: A clinicopathological study of 22 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 808-811

  Manduch, M ^a   Oliveira, A M ^a   Nascimento, A G ^a   Folpe, A L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MASSIVE LOCALIZED LYMPHEDEMA; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FIBROSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LIPOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349103297     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.066555     Document Type: Article

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