Ectopic intestinal varices as a rare cause of lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 526-527

  Khan, Anwaar A ^a   Sarwar, Shahid ^a,c   Alam, Altaf ^a   Butt, Arshad Kamal ^a   Shafqat, Farzana ^a   Tarique, Shandana ^b   Ahmed, Irfan ^a   Alvi, Aftab ^a   Niazi, Aamir ^a  

^a Sheikh Zayed Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b PTCL   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscopy; Ectopic varices; Meckel's scan; Melena; MR angiography; Percutaneous transhepatic portography; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MELENA; SPLENECTOMY; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; PROPRANOLOL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0142074664     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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