Choriocarcinoma of the colon: Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 264-266

  Le, Duy T ^a   Austin, Ralph C ^a   Payne, S N P ^a   Dworkin, Michael J ^a   Chappell, M E ^a  

^a SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Colon tumors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER PAIN; LUNG; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; PANCREAS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0037319804     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6532-2     Document Type: Article

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