Gastrointestinal neurofibromatosis: An unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-105

  Bakker, Jennifer R ^a   Haber, Marian M ^b   Garcia, Fernando U ^b  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH PERFORATION; DUODENUM TUMOR; GRANULATION TISSUE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH TUMOR; ULCER PERFORATION;

ADULT; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22844434867     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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