Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 8 , Pages 352-355 , August 2007

Duodenal Angiosarcoma: An Unusual Cause of Severe Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  • Jian-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Yong Kang Veterans Hospital, Yong Kang, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • King-Tong Mok

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Yong Kang Veterans Hospital, Yong Kang, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr King-Tong Mok, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hui-Hwa Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, and Yong Kang Veterans Hospital, Yong Kang, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Being-Whey Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Yong Kang Veterans Hospital, Yong Kang, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shiuh-Inn Liu

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Yong Kang Veterans Hospital, Yong Kang, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chin-Wang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yong Kang Veterans Hospital, Yong Kang, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 19 January 2007 ,Accepted 2 July 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70019-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70019-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 8 , Pages 352-355 , August 2007

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