Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma in Taiwan: A Clinicopathologic Study of Six Cases in a Single Institution Over a 15-Year Period

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Hsieh, Min Shu ^a   Liang, Po Chin ^a   Kao, Yu Chien ^a   Shun, Chia Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; liver transplantation; primary hepatic neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; TAIWAN; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952104772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60045-9     Document Type: Article

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