Metastatic melanoma presenting as a perforated small bowel

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-225

  Alwhouhayb, Maitham ^a   Mathur, Pawan ^a   Al Bayaty, Muna ^a  

^a BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Metastatic malign melanoma; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PERITONITIS; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; PERITONITIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147126440     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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