A rare case of metastatic squamous urachal carcinoma

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-284

  Andrei, S ^a   Andrei, A ^a   Rusu Muntean, G ^a   Ungureanu, M ^a   Herlea, V ^a   Becheanu, G ^a   Popescu, I ^a  

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Pulmonary metastases; Squamous urachal carcinoma; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878320255     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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