Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by intraabdominal variceal rupture. Report of one case;Hemoperitoneo espontáneo por rotura de várices intraabdominales en un paciente con cirrosis hepática. Caso clínico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 433-436

  Moreno P, Juan Pablo ^a   Piña S, Rolando ^a   Rodríguez M, Francisco ^a   Korn B, Owen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Esophageal and gastric varices; Hemoperitoneum; Hypertension, portal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS; RUPTURE; SPLEEN; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLEEN; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0346677462     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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