Unusual manifestation of an ampullary tumor presenting with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Digestion

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 583-586

  Ashkar, Khalil ^a   Deeb, Liliane S ^a   Bikhazi, Kamal ^a   Arnaout, M Samir ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Ampullary tumors; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Villous adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VATER PAPILLA TUMOR; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AMPULLA OF VATER; BIOPSY; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032721761     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007711     Document Type: Article

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