A case of idiopathic colonic varices: A rare cause of hematochezia misconceived as tumor

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2629-2632

  Han, Joung Ho ^a   Jeon, Won Joong ^a   Chae, Hee Bok ^a   Park, Seon Mee ^a   Youn, Sei Jin ^a   Kim, Seok Hyung ^a   Bae, Il Hun ^a   Lee, Sang Jeon ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hematochezia; Idiopathic colonic varices

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON DISEASE; COLON MUCOSA; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM; VARICOSIS; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 33646447371     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2629     Document Type: Article

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