Rupture of posterior gastric artery after vomiting: A rare cause of acute abdomen

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 47-48

  Al Qarni, Mohammad Ali ^a   Jawaid, S ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Center for Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abdominal apoplexy; Acute abdomen; Hemoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; POSTERIOR GASTRIC ARTERY RUPTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SUPINE POSITION; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 84892606596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22102612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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