Metastatic pleomorphic carcinoma of lung presenting as abdominal pain

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1657-1660

  Burnette, Robert E ^a   Ballard, Billy R ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pleomorphic carcinoma; Small bowel metastasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 10344247717     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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