Small bowel varices from neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 912-914

  Shah, Shimul A ^a,b   Mery, Carlos M ^a   Zinner, Michael J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrine tumor; Small bowel varices; Superior mesenteric vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC VEIN; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC VEINS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 24044467096     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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