Eosinophilic colitis in a patient with advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: A paraneoplastic syndrome?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-83

  Uyar, Mehtap Erkmen ^a,b   Turkay, Cansel ^a   Erbayrak, Mustafa ^a   Koktener, Asl ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder carcinoma; Eosinophilia; Eosinophylic colitis; Leukocytosis; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 5; MITOMYCIN C;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME; BLADDER TUMOR; COLITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COLITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51449100827     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31815adeda     Document Type: Article

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