Adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon seeding a chronic anal fistula: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 835-836

  Hyman, Neil ^a   Kida, Masatoski ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fistula; Colon cancer; Tumor cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SIGMOID; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; KERATIN-7; KERATINS; MALE; NEOPLASM SEEDING; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037977911     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6665-3     Document Type: Article

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