Ectopic fascioliasis mimicking a colon tumor

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2633-2635

  Makay, Ozer ^a   Gurcu, Baris ^a   Caliskan, Cemil ^a   Nart, Deniz ^a   Tuncyurek, Muge ^a   Korkut, Mustafa ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colon; Ectopic fascioliasis; Fasciola hepatica

Indexed keywords

BITHIONOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEROLOGY;

EID: 34250685798     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i18.2633     Document Type: Article

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