Metastatic carcinoma of the cervix presenting as a psoas abscess in an HIV-negative woman

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 302-303

  Devendra, K ^a,b   Tay, S K ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METASTASIS; PSOAS ABSCESS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; ILIUM; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PAIN; PSOAS ABSCESS; PSOAS MUSCLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042318675     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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