Synchronous isolated splenic metastasis from colon carcinoma and concomitant splenic abscess: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 41, 2007, Pages 5516-5520

  Pisanu, Adolfo ^a   Ravarino, Alberto ^a   Nieddu, Riccardo ^a   Uccheddu, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colon carcinoma; Splenic abscess; Splenic metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEPSIS; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35348947455     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i41.5516     Document Type: Article

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