Liver penetration of duodenal ulcer.
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.
Akyildiz
Murat
M
Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. akyildizmr@yahoo.com
Günşar
Fulya
F
Akay
Sinan
S
Doğanavşargil
Başak
B
Ozütemiz
Omer
O
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