Metastasis from choriocarcinoma of the mediastinum producing acute appendicitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 332-334

  Ramia, J M ^a,b   Alcalde, J ^a   Dhimes, P ^a   Cubedo, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appendix; Choriocarcinoma; Mediastinum; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CANCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031917204     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018806422490     Document Type: Article

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