Asymptomatic giant gastric lipoma: What to do?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3634-3637

  Alberti, D ^a   Grazioli, L ^a   Orizio, P ^a   Matricardi, L ^a   Dughi, S ^a   Gheza, L ^a   Falchetti, D ^a   Caccia, G ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH TUMOR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032795093     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00447-5     Document Type: Article

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