Splenic rupture as a consequence of dual malignant pathology: A case report

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 709-710

  Hoar, F J ^a   Chan, S Y ^a   Stonelake, P S ^a   Wolverson, R W ^a   Bareford, D ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 0041761203     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.9.709     Document Type: Article

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