Occult colon cancer in a patient with an unexplained episode of pulmonary embolism

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2000, Pages 165-167

  Caputo, F ^c   Musardo, G ^a   Savini, P ^a   Balducci, G ^a   Marchi, G ^a   Corbelli, C ^a   Bernardi, M ^c   Addolorato, G ^b   Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Deep venous thrombosis; Occult cancer; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0033951425     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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