Gallbladder villous adenoma in a patient with acromegaly: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3144-3146

  Krstic, Miodrag ^a   Alempijevic, Tamara ^a   Stimec, Bojan ^b   Micev, Marjan ^a   Milicevic, Miroslav ^a   Micic, Dragan ^a   Jankovic, Goran ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Endosonography; Gallbladder; Villous adenoma

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

EID: 34447283038     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i22.3144     Document Type: Article

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