Colonic carcinoma presenting as an appendiceal abscess in a young woman

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Ramsay, Jennifer A ^a   Rose, Toby H ^a   Ross, Ted ^a  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM CARCINOMA; COLON CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE;

ABSCESS; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CECAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0029872166     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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