Intramural cecal hematoma: An unusual complication of colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-257

  Gallo, Dominic ^a,b   Tebrock, Christopher ^a   Rivera, David ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE HEMATOMA; LIVER INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0037326826     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.78     Document Type: Article

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