Fortunate retention of an endoscopic video capsule by primary small bowel carcinoma

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 762-763

  Zmora, Osnat ^a   Adler, Samuel N ^b   Klausner, Joseph M ^a   Kuriansky, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic video capsule; Obstruction; Retention; Small bowel; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; LAPAROTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY;

EID: 75449100120     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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