Marantic endocarditis and disseminated intravascular coagulation with systemic emboli in presentation of pancreatic cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1383-1385

  Smeglin, Anthony ^a   Ansari, Maria ^a   Skali, Hicham ^a   Oo, Thein H ^a   Maysky, Michael ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADENOCARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41649102247     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.9148     Document Type: Article

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