Melanoma metastatic to the duodenum presenting as upper GI bleed: 2 cases and a review of the literature

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 998-1000

  Chehab, Bassem M ^a   Dakhil, Shaker R ^a   Nassif, Imad I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM CANCER; DUODENUM METASTASIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BACK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42649107496     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.09.045     Document Type: Article

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