Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A report of six patients

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-258

  Ji, Zong Fei ^a   Shen, Xi Zhong ^a   Zhang, Dan Ying ^a   Liu, Hou Yu ^a   Zhou, Yi ^b   Guo, Mu Yi ^c   Dong, Ling ^a  

^a Departments of Gastroenterology   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFUSION; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR CELL; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CASE REPORT; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955033195     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2010.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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