Synchronous Merkel cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal in an HIV-positive patient: A case report

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ong, E J S ^a   Wang, L M ^b   Darby, J ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; EMTRICITABINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TENESMUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS LOAD; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADULT; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 84869233802     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.02983.x     Document Type: Article

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