Giant heterotopic pancreas presenting with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 956-959

  Wall, Ian ^a   Shah, Tejal ^a   Tangorra, Matthew ^a   Li, Jian Jun ^a   Tenner, Scott ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Mass in small bowel; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; PANTOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MELENA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

CHORISTOMA; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS;

EID: 33947574906     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9481-x     Document Type: Article

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