Breast signet-ring cell lobular carcinoma presenting with duodenal obstruction and acute pancreatitis

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-223

  Sato, Tomoi ^a,c   Muto, Ichiro ^a   Hasegawa, Masaki ^a   Aono, Takashi ^a   Okada, Takayuki ^a   Hasegawa, Jun ^a   Makino, Shigeto ^a   Kameyama, Hitoshi ^a   Tanaka, Ryo ^a   Sekiya, Masao ^b   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gastrointestinal tract; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Metastasis; Peritoneal dissemination

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547922753     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(08)60026-3     Document Type: Article

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