Gastric variceal bleed in a patient without liver cirrhosis: An unusual cause of haematemesis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Ismail, Faisal W ^a   Mumtaz, K ^a   Chawla, T ^a   Jafri, W ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Haematemesis; Mucinous cystadenoma; Pancreatic tumours

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MELENA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; VEIN OCCLUSION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC VEIN;

EID: 34250791646     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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