Splenic metastasis from a rectal tumour: An unusual presentation

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-

  Achuthan, R ^a   Joseph, A ^a   Haray, P N ^a  

^a PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 0344096518     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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