Gallbladder wall variceal haemorrhage with associated rupture: A rare cause of mortality in the cirrhotic patient

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 955-957

  Kevans, David ^a   MacNicholas, Ross ^a   Norris, Suzanne ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gallbladder varices; Haemorrhage; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GALLBLADDER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FATAL OUTCOME; GALLBLADDER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 67651008705     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328323aadd     Document Type: Article

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