Transverse colonic cancer presenting as an anterior abdominal wall abscess: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 166-169

  Matsumoto, Gaku ^a   Asano, Haruhiko ^a   Kato, Eiichi ^a   Matsuno, Seiki ^b  

^a Ichinoseki Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior abdominal wall abscess; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Transverse colonic cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035111410     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170204     Document Type: Article

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