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Sclerosing Angiomatoid Nodular Transformation of the Spleen: A Diagnostic Conundrum

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Volume 106 (2022): Issue 1
By: Sander Van den Eede,  Nick Van de Voorde,  Filip Vanhoenacker and  Bart Op de Beeck  
Open Access
|Apr 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.2689 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 21, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 28, 2022
Published on: Apr 5, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation,
Splenic lesions,
Multimodality imaging,
Image guided biopsy,
Splenectomy

© 2022 Sander Van den Eede, Nick Van de Voorde, Filip Vanhoenacker, Bart Op de Beeck, published by Ubiquity Press
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