Angiosarcoma around a knee arthroplasty report of a case and literature review

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-553

  Albert, Adrien ^a   Lootvoet, Louis ^a   Lejeune, Etienne ^a   Beugnies, Alain ^a   Himmer, Olivier ^a  

^a Clinique St Luc Bouge   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Bone tumour; Haemangiosarcoma; Knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METABOLISM; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349314543     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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