Acute appendicitis as primary symptom of prostatic adenocarcinoma: Report of a case

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1327-1331

  Ratanarapee, Samrerng ^a   Nualyong, Chaiyong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Metastatic prostatic carcinoma; Prostatic adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; ORCHIECTOMY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; SECOND CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649261817     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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