Polycythaemia vera presenting as massive splenic infarction and liquefaction

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 922, 2004, Pages 876-877

  Beckett, D ^a   Miller, C ^a   Fernando, J R ^a   Banerjee, A K ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYDROXYUREA; IOPAMIDOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUEFACTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENIC VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BODY FLUID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RECURRENCE; SPLENIC INFARCTION; SPLENIC VEIN; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8644229249     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/17267873     Document Type: Article

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