Ruptured primary splenic angiosarcoma into the colon. Presentation as anal bleeding

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 248-251

  Jiménez Heffernan, José A ^a   Hardisson, D ^a   Prieto Nieto, M I ^a   Burgos, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anal bleeding; Angiosarcoma; Colon; Spleen; Vascular tumours

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANUS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; SPLEEN TUMOR;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 18344417783     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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