Management of tumor overgrowth in esophageal cancer by placement of a second stent: Two case reports

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1537-1539

  Baranda Moreira Da Silva Ribeiro, João Carlos ^a   Lorga Gomes, Dário Faria ^a   Neves Raposo Lopes, Horácio Manuel ^a   Gil Nogueira Souto, Paulo Manuel ^a   De Vilhena Oliveira E Silva Pontes, José Manuel ^a   Gouveia, Hermano José ^a   Correia Leitão, Maximino José ^a   Da Silva Freitas, Diniz ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophageal stent; Tumor overgrowth

Indexed keywords

OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; STENTS;

EID: 8044238960     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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