title: Liver penetration of duodenal ulcer.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. akyildizmr@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyildiz
authors.forename: Fulya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Günşar
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akay
authors.forename: Başak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doğanavşargil
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozütemiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy