Choledochal fungal ball - An unusual cause of biliary obstruction

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1030-1034

  Ho, Firmin ^a   Snape Jr , William J ^a   Venegas, Rose ^a   Lechago, Juan ^a   Klein, Stanley ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biliary candidiasis; endoscopic retrograde cholangiography

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMON BILE DUCT CALCULI; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0023721570     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01536002     Document Type: Article

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