The Management of Extrahepatic Portal Vein Aneurysms: Observe or Treat?

HPB Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-116

  Feliciano, Philip D ^a   Cullen, Joseph J ^a   Corson, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

portal hypertension; Portal vein; venous aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN ANEURYSM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029833349     PISSN: 08948569     EISSN: 16078462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/37169     Document Type: Article

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