Hematemesis as the initial complication of pancreatic adenocarcinoma directly invading the duodenum: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 767-769

  Lin, Yueh Hung ^a   Chen, Chih Yen ^a   Chen, Chih Ping ^b   Kuo, Tien Yin ^a   Chang, Full Young ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Duodenum tumor; Hematemesis; Neoplasm invasiveness; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FLUOROURACIL DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CACHEXIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; COLON POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DUODENUM; DUODENUM MUCOSA; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDLINE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 13544267705     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i5.767     Document Type: Article

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