Sinistral portal hypertension. A case report

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 670-673

  Singhal, Dinesh ^a   Kakodkar, Rahul ^a   Soin, Arvinder S ^a   Gupta, Subash ^a   Nundy, Samiran ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cystadenoma, serous; Esophageal and gastric varices; Splenectomy; Splenic vein; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELENA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH VARICES;

CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENAL ULCER; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC;

EID: 33751090684     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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