Submucosal hemorrhage of the esophagus associated with endoscopy in a patient with cervical osteophytes

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-268

  Thomson, Andrew ^a   Fleischer, David E ^a,b   Epstein, Barry ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophagus; Submucosal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0031790788     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199810000-00021     Document Type: Article

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