Pancreatic cancer presenting as bleeding gastric varices

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 444-447

  Smith, Terrence A ^a,c   Brand, Edward J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding gastric varices; Pancreatic cancer; Presentation; Splenic vein occlusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH VARICES; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC VEIN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035041219     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200105000-00019     Document Type: Article

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