Extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm: A case report and review of the literature

Vascular

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-61

  Lau, H ^a   Chew, D K ^a   Belkin, M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aneurysm; management; portal vein; review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 0036152116     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090201000115     Document Type: Article

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