Massive haemobilia after percutaneous liver biopsy in a patient with POEMS syndrome successfully treated by arterial embolization

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 595-598

  Grieco, Antonio ^a   Bianco, Alessandro ^a   Pieri, Stefano ^b   Costamagna, Guido ^a   Flammia, Giorgio ^a   Greco, Aldo Virgilio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial embolization; Haemobilia; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL SPONGE;

AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; MELENA; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029902002     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199606000-00018     Document Type: Article

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