Massive hemorrhage and pseudo-obstruction of the small intestine caused by primary AL amyloidosis associated with gastric cancer: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 871-874

  Iwahashi, Naoko ^a,b   Tame, Eisuke ^a   Nagasaka, Tetsuro ^b   Furuta, Miho ^a,b   Nagashima, Hisashi ^a   Nimura, Yuji ^b  

^a Komaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AL Amyloidosis; Gastric cancer; Hemorrhage; Pseudo obstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4944252363     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2805-6     Document Type: Article

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