Hemosuccus pancreaticus: Diagnosis with CT and MRI and treatment with transcatheter embolization

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-81

  Koizumi, J ^a   Inoue, S ^a   Yonekawa, H ^a   Kunieda, T ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fistula, CT, MRI, embolization; Hemosuccus pancreaticus, splenic artery; Pancreas duct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSUCCUS PANCREATICUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MELENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN ARTERY ANEURYSM; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PANCREAS FISTULA; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGE; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC FISTULA; SPLENIC ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036006669     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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