Metastasis to the appendix from a hepatocellular carcinoma manifesting as acute appendicitis: CT findings

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 967, 2008, Pages

  Kim, H C ^a   Yang, D M ^a   Jin, W ^a   Kim, G Y ^a   Choi, S I ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDIX; APPENDIX METASTASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR CELL;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46849088146     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/79390979     Document Type: Article

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