Acute hemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity - A complication of chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst: A case report from clinical practice

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 518-521

  Skok, Pavel ^a   Sinkovic, Andreja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Abdominal cavity; Hemorrhage; Pancreas; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0033037276     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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