Bronchobiliary fistula in a cirrhotic patient: A case report and review of the literature

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-319

  Jamal, Yasser ^a   Tombazzi, Claudio ^a,b   Waters, Bradford ^a,b   Ismail, Mohammad K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchobiliary fistula; Cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BRONCHOBILIARY FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 42249084738     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31812e9633     Document Type: Article

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