Silent colon carcinoma presenting as a hepatic abscess

Tumori

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 616-618

  Giuliani, Andrea ^a   Caporale, Alessandro ^a   Demoro, Martino ^a   Scimò, Michele ^a   Galati, Francesca ^a   Galati, Gaspare ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Pyogenic liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATIC FLEXURE COLON CARCINOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS;

EID: 38549132328     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300618     Document Type: Article

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