Migration of Gelfoam to the gallbladder after liver biopsy

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 806-809

  Riddle, Chris ^a,c   Ahmed, Bilal ^b   Doyle, John ^a   Connolly, Bairbre L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Child; Gelfoam; Liver; Migration

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOREIGN BODY; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GALLBLADDER; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45449118901     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0818-9     Document Type: Article

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