Oral ulcer as an exclusive sign of gastric cancer: Report of a rare case

BMC Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Colombo, Piergiuseppe ^a   Tondulli, Luca ^a   Masci, Giovanna ^a   Muzza, Andrea ^a   Rimasa, Lorenza ^a   Petrella, Duccio ^a   Santoro, Armando ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GINGIVA TUMOR; HARD PALATE; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL BIOPSY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH ULCER; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FATALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; ULCER;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALATE, HARD; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; ULCER;

EID: 26844459077     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-117     Document Type: Article

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