Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to linitis plastica of the stomach as shown on transabdominal sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 989-992

  Shiver, Stephen A ^a   Blaivas, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING;

C; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; LINITIS PLASTICA; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LINITIS PLASTICA; NAUSEA; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PYLORUS; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 3142680825     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.7.989     Document Type: Article

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