Carcinoma of the large bowel presenting as a subcutaneous abscess of the thigh: A report of 4 cases

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 205-209

  Mair, W S J ^a   McAdam, W A F ^a   Lee, P W R ^a   Jepson, K ^a   Goligher, J C ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AGE; AUTOPSY; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON PERFORATION; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY; THIGH;

ABSCESS; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; THIGH;

EID: 0017693480     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800640317     Document Type: Article

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