Ectopic varices in a right diaphragm that ruptured into the pleural cavity

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 229-232

  Matsui, Masayuki ^a   Kojima, Akira ^a   Kakizaki, Satoru ^b   Nagasaka, Kazumi ^a   Sohara, Naondo ^b   Sato, Ken ^b   Takagi, Hitoshi ^b   Mori, Masatomo ^b   Ohno, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a Tone Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collateral vein; Diaphragm; Ectopic varices; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; PLEURA CAVITY; RUPTURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL CAVITY; RUPTURE;

EID: 33748470513     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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