Aggressive undifferentiated carcinoma of unknown primary site complicated by lactic acidosis after bleeding: A case report

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 210-214

  Chau, Wing Keung ^a,b   Yang, Ching Fen ^a,b   Chou, Yi Hong ^a,b   Ho, Chao Hung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer of unknown primary origin; Hemorrhage; Lactic acidosis; Liver metastasis; Undifferentiated carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD TREATMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LYMPH NODE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NASAL BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; CARCINOMA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 0036598001     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyf050     Document Type: Article

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