Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm - A life-threatening cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage: Case report and review of the literature

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1651-1654

  De Weerth, A ^a   Buggisch, P ^a   Nicolas, V ^a   Maas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Embolization; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Pancreaticoduodenal artery; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031767723     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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