Sonographic diagnosis of a small fistulous communication between a subphrenic abscess and a perforated duodenal ulcer

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-156

  Chau, Wing Kay ^a,b   Chan, Siu Cheung ^c  

^a Section 4 ^*  (Taiwan)

^b Chun Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fistula; Peptic ulcer; Perforation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENUM ULCER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; ULCER PERFORATION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DUODENAL DISEASES; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; PERITONEAL DISEASES; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034052875     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(200003/04)28:3<153::AID-JCU10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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