Primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in an incarcerated groin hernia: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-424

  Testini, Mario ^a   Scattone, Anna ^a   Di Venere, Beatrice ^a   Lissidini, Germana ^a   Piccinni, Giuseppe ^a   Palmisano, Silvia ^a   Serio, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery; Groin hernia; Peritoneal mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; EMERGENCIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 18544371614     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2920-4     Document Type: Article

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