Colonoscopic identification of a foreign body causing an hepatic abscess

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-85

  Bilimoria, Karl Y ^b   Eagan, Roger K ^b   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Foreign body; Hepatic abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID;

ADULT; COLON, SIGMOID; COLONOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037599379     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200307000-00021     Document Type: Article

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