Penetrating gastric ulcer presenting as a subcapsular liver abscess

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-84

  Venkatesh, Kota R ^a   Halpern, Andrew ^a   Riley, Lee B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MORBID OBESITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REHYDRATION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; ULCER PERFORATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; STOMACH ULCER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847007355     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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