Metastasic oesophageal carcinoma to the paranasal sinuses - A case report

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 539-541

  Aw, C Y ^a   Hwang, J S G ^a   Brett, R H ^a   Lu, P K S ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Oesophageal carcinoma; Paranasal sinuses; Rare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033176896     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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