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Acute cholecystitis with massive upper gastrointestinal bleed: A case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication following cholecystitis. Its presentation with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH) is even rarer. Thirteen patients with cystic artery pseudoaneurysm have been reported in the literature but only 2 of them presented with UGIH alone...

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Autores principales: Saluja, Sundeep S, Ray, Sukanta, Gulati, Manpreet S, Pal, Sujoy, Sahni, Peush, Chattopadhyay, Tushar K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1851966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17386110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-7-12