Appendicular metastasis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Filik, Levent ^a,c   Ozdal Kuran, Sedef ^a   Cicek, Bahattin ^a   Zengin, Neslihan ^a   Ozyilkan, Ozgur ^b   Sahin, Burhan ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Division of Medical Oncology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendiceal metastasis; Appendicitis; Pancreatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242739472     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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