Perforation of jejunal lymphoma - Ultrasonographic diagnosis of free air over left flank area

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 28, 1999, Pages 2436-2438

  Yang, Chang Shyue ^a,b   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Huang, Guan Tarn ^a   Wu, Ming Shiang ^a   Chang, Ying Sen ^a   Shun, Chia Tung ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Free air; Perforation; Small intestinal lymphoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; JEJUNUM; LIVER; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; ULTRASOUND; X RAY FILM;

AGED; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; JEJUNUM; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE;

EID: 0032847728     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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