Gastric lipoma - an unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 398-400

  Sadio, A ^a   Peixoto, P ^a   Castanheira, A ^a   Cancela, E ^a   Ministro, P ^a   Casimiro, C ^b   Silva, A ^a  

^a Departments of Gastrenterology   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Sao Teotonio   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lipoma; Stomach; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FATIGUE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MELENA; STOMACH LIPOMA; STOMACH TUMOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77957958308     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082010000600016     Document Type: Letter

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