Gall bladder polyps in sclerosing cholangitis: Does the 1-cm rule apply?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 355-357

  Leung, Universe C ^a   Wong, Phillip Y ^a   Roberts, Ross H ^b   Koea, Jonathan B ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gall bladder polyp; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248203707     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04059.x     Document Type: Article

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