Angiosarcoma of the colon and rectum: Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2202-2207

  Brown, Carl J ^a   Falck, Vincent G ^a   MacLean, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Colon; Colon cancer; Hemangiosarcoma; Neoplasm; Rectum; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; COLON; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ANGIOSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SIGMOID; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144307103     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0698-5     Document Type: Review

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