Metastasis to the appendix: Sonographic appearance and review of the literature

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-25

  Wolf, Christian ^a   Friedl, Peter ^b   Obrist, Peter ^b   Ensinger, Christian ^b   Gritsch, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS;

EID: 0032898996     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.1.23     Document Type: Article

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