A case of fish bone perforation of the stomach mimicking a locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1935-1937

  Goh, Brian K P ^a   Jeyaraj, Prema Raj ^b   Chan, Hsiang Sui ^a   Ong, Hock Soo ^a   Agasthian, Thirvgnanam ^a   Chang, Kenneth T E ^a   Wong, Wai Keong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fish bone; Pancreas; Pancreatic carcinoma; Pancreatic mass; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FOREIGN BODY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH;

EID: 13644251565     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-004-9595-y     Document Type: Article

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