Tonsillar metastasis revealing signet-ring cell carcinoma of the rectum: A case report

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-72

  Vauléon, Elodie ^a   De Lajarte Thirouard, Anne Sophie ^b   Boucher, Eveline ^a   Le Prisé, Elisabeth ^a   Guihaire, Patrick ^c   Raoul, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hôpital de Redon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; TONSIL CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 13844270612     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(05)80696-7     Document Type: Article

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