Intussusception of the small bowel due to peutz-jeghers syndrome: A case report

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-77

  Pitiakoudis, M ^a   Mimidis, K ^b   Tsaroucha, A ^a   Kartalis, G ^b   Simopoulos, K ^a  

^a 2nd Department of Surgery   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Jejunal intussusception; Peutz jeghers symdrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; JEJUNUM DISEASE; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME;

EID: 4344716300     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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