Liver penetration of duodenal ulcer. |
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Authors: | Murat Akyildiz Fulya Gün?ar Sinan Akay Ba?ak Do?anav?argil Omer Ozütemiz |
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Affiliation: | Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. akyildizmr@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | Liver penetration is a rare complication of peptic ulcer disease. Histopathological examination of endoscopic biopsy is essential for diagnosis as well as sonographic and computerized tomography imaging. Endoscopic examination could not exclude tumor without pathologic examination. Herein, we report a patient diagnosed as duodenal ulcer penetration into liver by endoscopic biopsy. |
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