Mesenteric tumor emboli manifested as recurrent abdominal pain

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-422

  Duckworth, Charles ^a,b   Kolar, Brian ^a   Yoshida, Cynthia ^a   Slingluff, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MESENTERY TUMOR; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

EID: 0030976640     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199704000-00012     Document Type: Article

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