Hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma: Challenges in diagnosis and management

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 710-715

  Thin, L W Y ^a,c   Wong, D D ^a   De Boer, B W ^a   Ferguson, J M ^a   Adams, L ^a   MacQuillan, G ^a   Delriviere, L ^a   Mitchell, A ^a   Jeffrey, G P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma; Liver biopsy; Liver transplantation; Liver tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC EPITHELIOID HAEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78650596677     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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