Recurrent thromboflebitis as a warning sign for cancer: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Van Weert, Henk C P M ^a   Pingen, Francien ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Gezondheidscentrum Gein   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG THROMBOPHLEBITIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953414467     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-153     Document Type: Article

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