Hepatic adenoma: An unusual cause of abdominal pain

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 18-22

  Allmark, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SHOCK;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RARE DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOCK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250829690     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en.15.3.18.s15     Document Type: Article

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