An unusual cause of hematemesis: Goiter

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 5412-5415

  van der Veldt, Astrid A M ^a,b   Hadithi, Mohammed ^a   Paul, Marinus A ^a   van der Berg, Fred ^a   Mulder, Chris J J ^a   Craanen, Mikael ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downhill; Esophageal; Goiter; Hematemesis; Varices

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NODULAR GOITER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33749395354     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i33.5412     Document Type: Article

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