Malignant gangliocytic paraganglioma of the duodenum with distant metastases and a lethal course
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Gangliocytic paraganglioma of duodenum
Received 10 October 2012 Accepted 07 February 2013 Early online 25 February 2013 Print 28 February 2013 An elderly person, aged 60 years, presented with pain abdomen localized to the epigastric region, of one year duration. There was a past history of a single episode of passing black-colored tarry stools and hematemesis. Ultrasonography (USG) of abdomen reported a suspected duodenal / periampu...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i41.15454