Acute pulmonary embolism: A rare complication of a large non-parasitic hepatic cyst

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1241-1244

  Buyse, Sophie ^a   Asselah, Tarik ^a   Vilgrain, Valérie ^a   Paradis, Valérie ^a   Sauvanet, Alain ^a   Consigny, Yann ^a   Dufour, Véronique ^a   Fantin, Bruno ^a   Valla, Dominique ^a   Marcellin, Patrick ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Complications; Inflammation; Non parasitic hepatic cyst; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CYST; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444223883     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200411000-00026     Document Type: Article

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