creators_name: Shetty, SK
creators_name: Prasad, K
creators_name: Bhat, S
creators_name: Soma, S
creators_name: Sahu, KK
creators_id: sunildr14@yahoo.co.in
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2017-02-18 20:24:57
lastmod: 2017-02-18 20:24:57
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title: Splenic Epithelial Cyst with Elevated Ca 19-9 Levels
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Splenic cyst; Abdominal mass; Epithelial cyst; CA 19-9
abstract: Primary epithelial cysts of the spleen are very rare entities. Few cases have been reported in literature till date. We report a 19 years old female who presented to us with a large epithelial cyst of the spleen and elevated CA 19-9 levels.
date: 2014-05-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 13
number: 1
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Shetty, SK and Prasad, K and Bhat, S and Soma, S and Sahu, KK  (2014) Splenic Epithelial Cyst with Elevated Ca 19-9 Levels.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/9737/1/2014-1-11.pdf