Esophageal 'stars': A sinister foreign body ingestion

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-214

  Vassilev, Borimir N ^a   Kazandziev, Pepi K ^a   Losanoff, Julian E ^a   Kjossev, Kirien T ^a,b   Yordanov, Deyan E ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^b NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPHAGIA; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031051576     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199702000-00009     Document Type: Article

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