Unique vascular tumor primary arising in the liver and exhibiting histopathological features consistent with so-called polymorphous hemangioendothelioma: Case report

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 890-894

  Cobianchi, Lorenzo ^a   Lucioni, Marco ^a   Rosso, Renato ^a   Zonta, Sandro ^a   Fiandrino, Giacomo ^a   Alessiani, Mario ^a   Doni, Marco ^a   Ferrari, Alberta ^a   Magrini, Umberto ^a   Paulli, Marco ^a   Dionigi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Liver; Polymorphous hemangioendothelioma; Vascular tumors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMORPHOUS HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR TUMOR;

FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 71049119798     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02461.x     Document Type: Article

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