Ascending colon adenocarcinoma with tonsillar metastasis: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 7138-7140

  Sheng, Li Ming ^a   Zhang, Li Zhen ^a   Xu, Hai Miao ^a   Zhu, Yuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colon neoplasm; Immunohistochemistry; Metastasis; Tonsil neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATINE TONSIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; TONSIL CANCER; TONSIL METASTASIS; TONSILLITIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

EID: 63449110032     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.7138     Document Type: Article

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