Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma associated with deep vein thrombosis following radiotherapy for seminoma of the testis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 920-924

  Sato, Fuminori ^a   Yamazaki, Hajime ^a   Ataka, Ken ^a   Mashima, Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Kenta ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Umezu, Hajime ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Occult cancer; Secondary malignancy; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM TUMOR; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034331553     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.920     Document Type: Article

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