Nonmetastatic cancer of the colon associated with pyogenic liver abscess

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 798-799

  Lee, Jeffrey K ^a   Kum, Jennifer ^b   Ghosh, Pradipta ^a  

^a Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SIGMOIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40949148649     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01612_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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