Acute enlargement and subsequent rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient receiving chemotherapy for pancreatic carcinoma

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-200

  Palm, Stefan J ^b   Russwurm, Georg P ^b   Chang, David ^a   Rozenblit, Alla M ^a   Ohki, Takao ^a   Veith, Frank J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034234954     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.105665     Document Type: Article

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