Linitis plastica as the first indication of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast: Case report and literature review

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 466-469

  Ferri, Lorenzo E ^b   Onerheim, Ron ^a   Emond, Carl ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LINITIS PLASTICA; STOMACH BIOPSY;

EID: 0032739124     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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