Isolated splenic metastasis from colorectal carcinoma: Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1345-1348

  Weathers, B Kent ^a   Modesto, Victor L ^b   Gordon, Daniel ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen, elevation; Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation; Splenic lesions; Splenic metastases, isolated

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLENECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032881482     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234228     Document Type: Article

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