Malignant mesothelioma originating in the hepatic falciform ligament: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 929-931

  Marubayashi, Seiji ^a   Ohdan, Hideki ^a   Asahara, Toshimasa ^a   Ikeda, Masahiro ^a   Hinoi, Takao ^a   Fukuma, Kazuyuki ^a   Maeda, Takashi ^a   Oshiro, Yoshio ^a   Shimamoto, Fumio ^a   Dohi, Kiyohiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Falciform ligament; Malignant mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION;

EID: 7344224404     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050254     Document Type: Article

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