Carcinomatous perforation of the sigmoid colon presenting as a thigh mass

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-85

  Lam, Tsz Ping ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Chen, Enoch H ^a   Cheng, Jack C Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colonic adenocarcinoma; necrotizing faciitis; psoas abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON PERFORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEG PAIN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PSOAS ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PSOAS ABSCESS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10144235819     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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