Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding from an ampullary tumour in a patient with a remote history of renal cell carcinoma: A diagnostic conundrum

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-78

  Janzen, Rhonda M ^b   Ramj, Alnoor S ^b   Flint, Julia D A ^b   Scudamore, Charles H ^b   Yoshida, Eric M ^a  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ampulla; Gastrointestinal bleed; Metastatic; Periampullary renal cell carcinoma; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031950997     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/429832     Document Type: Article

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