Spontaneous splenic rupture after the start of lung cancer chemotherapy. A case report

Tumori

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-146

  Ballardini, Pierluigi ^a   Incasa, Elena ^a   Del Noce, Antonio ^a   Cavazzini, Luigi ^b   Martoni, Andrea ^c   Piana, Edera ^c  

^a Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Ferrara   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Lung cancer; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; NAVELBINE;

ADULT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 2142752498     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160409000129     Document Type: Review

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