Cholangiocarcinoma presenting as pseudoachalasia and gastroparesis

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-298

  Leung, V K S ^a   Kan, P S ^b   Lai, M S ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Esophageal achalasia; Gastroparesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM; BILIRUBIN; CISAPRIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH PARESIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGUS NERVE; VOMITING;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 0042163092     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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