Benign liver masses and lesions in children: 53 cases over 12 years

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 542-547

  Kochin, Israel N ^a   Miloh, Tamir A ^a   Arnon, Ronen ^a   Iyer, Kishore R ^a   Suchy, Frederick J ^a   Kerkar, Nanda ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal nodular hyperplasia; Hemangioendothelioma

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEATH; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANTILE HEPATIC HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; INFARCTION; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER HAMARTOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER INFARCTION; LIVER LYMPHANGIOMA; LIVER NODULAR REGENERATIVE HYPERPLASIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER VASCULAR MALFORMATION; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052998898     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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