Gastric carcinoma presenting with cellulitis-like cutaneous metastasis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-38

  Foo, Kian Fong ^a   Tao, M ^a   Tan, E H ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Cutaneous metastasis; Gastric adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SKIN TUMOR; STOMACH TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038893809     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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