Splenic infarct as a diagnostic pitfall in radiology

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-101

  Joshi, Sanjeev ^a,b   Pant, Ishita ^a   Shukla, Aditya ^a   Anshari, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Metastasis; Splenic infarct

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; RECURRENT CANCER; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC INFARCTION; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249119670     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.42262     Document Type: Article

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