Bleeding gastric varices- A rare complication of ovatian cancer

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-120

  Wallace, William ^a,b   Mulholland, K ^a   Epanomeritakis, E ^a  

^a CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric varices; Gastrointestinal; Haemorrhage; Ovarian neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROTOMY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PANCREATECTOMY; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844315318     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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