Liver penetration of duodenal ulcer.
Articles > Article · 2006
Authors: Murat Akyildiz, Fulya GÜNŞAR, Sinan Akay, Başak DOĞANAVŞARGİL YAKUT, Omer Ozütemiz
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, International, 2006, vol 17, pp 298-9
Summary
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.