Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 3 , Pages 126-131 , March 2007

Treatment of Massive Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage from Adrenal Metastasis of Hepatoma

  • Por-Wen Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Yen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hsinchu General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wen-Yen Wang, Department of Surgery, Hsinchu General Hospital, Department of Health, The Executive Yuan, No. 25, Lane 442, Section 1, Jingguo Road, Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chin-Hua Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chia-Cheng Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • David Hung-Tsang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jason Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 4 July 2006 ,Accepted 3 January 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70343-0

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70343-0

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 3 , Pages 126-131 , March 2007

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