title: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage consequent to foreign body reaction to silk sutures: case series and review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Pecha
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prindiville
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kotfila
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruebner
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Trudeau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology*; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D047011:Silk; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D047011:Silk