Mirizzi syndrome complicating an anomalous biliary tract: A novel cause of a hugely elevated CA19-9

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-169

  Robertson, Andrew G N ^a   Davidson, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous biliary tract; CA19 9; Mirizzi syndrome

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT MALFORMATION; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846815293     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3280122879     Document Type: Article

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