Life-threatening haemorrhage from a sternal metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 684-687

  Chen, Chih Yen ^a   Chau, Gar Yang ^a,b   Yen, Sang Hue ^a,c   Hsieh, Yu Hsi ^a   Chao, Yee ^a,b,c   Chi, Kwan Hwa ^a,c   Li, Chung Pin ^a   Chang, Full Young ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Division of Gastroenterology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Hepatitis B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Sternum; Tumour bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STERNUM; THORAX WALL; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033920361     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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