Pseudomyxoma extraperitonei: A lethal complication of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1920-1922

  Stevens, K J ^a   Dunn, W K ^a   Balfour, T ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON FISTULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LETHALITY; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MUCOCELE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030821994     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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