Mesenteric pseudoaneurysm in a 12-year-old girl with abdominal tuberculosis presenting with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 456-459

  Corby, Rodney ^a   Cranford, Caroline ^a   Van Ha, Thuong ^a   Yousefzadeh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolization therapy; Lower GI bleeding; Mesenteric pseudoaneurysm; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 33645550466     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0127-0     Document Type: Article

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