Posttraumatic splenic artery aneurysm presenting as occult gastrointestinal bleeding

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 17-18, 2003, Pages 668-671

  Koch, Robert ^a   Graziadei, Ivo ^a   Zoller, Heinz ^a   Schwaighofer, Hubert ^a   Jaschke, Werner ^a   Vogel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embolization; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Gastroscopy; Splenic artery aneurysm; Submucosal tumor

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; FERROUS SULFATE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE; MALE; MELENA; OCCULT BLOOD; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN ARTERY ANEURYSM; SUBMUCOSA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142197794     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040474     Document Type: Article

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