Head and Neck Metastases from Occult Abdominal Primary Site: A Case Report and Literature Review

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-112

  Imamura, Shun Ichi ^a,b   Suzuki, Haruko ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal cancer; Cervical lymph node; Cholangiolocellular carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 0842308895     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310002177     Document Type: Review

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