Gastrointestinal haemorrhage as a presentation of Carney's triad

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 88-90

  Byrne, Christopher M ^a   Daneshjoo, Rahim ^b   Ma Wyatt, Jenny ^b   Cox, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LUNG INJURY; MELENA; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

CHONDROMA; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; SARCOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846444958     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03892.x     Document Type: Article

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