Biloma: An unusual complication in a patient with pancreatic cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 5218-5220

  Trivedi, Palak Jitendrakumar ^a   Gupta, Prakash ^a   Phillips Hughes, Jane ^a   Ellis, Anthony ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile duct diseases; Choledocholithiasis; Computed tomography; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Obstructive jaundice

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE; BILOMA; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS TUMOR; RIGOR; STENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 73449139751     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5218     Document Type: Article

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