Intramural Duodenal Haematoma after Endoscopic Biopsy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

The development of intramural duodenal haematoma (IDH) after small bowel biopsy is an unusual lesion and has only been reported in 18 children. Coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia and some special features of duodenal anatomy, e.g. relatively fixed position in the retroperitoneum and numerous submucosal...

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Main Authors: Claudia Grasshof, Anna Wolf, Frank Neuwirth, Carsten Posovszky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/336022