A case of extra-hepatic portal vein aneurysm: Evaluation by 3-dimensional computerized tomography angiogram

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2965-2967

  Chen, Yang Yuan ^a   Lin, Otto S ^a   Wu, Hwa Koon ^b   Soon, Maw Soan ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Portal vein aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IOPAMIDOL; IOPARIDOL; OMEPRAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032724637     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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