Upper extremity vein thrombosis: An alert symptom of breast cancer in elderly patients. Experience on personal casuistry and review of the literature

BMC Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Serra, Raffaele ^a   Compagna, Rita ^c   Grande, Raffaele ^a   Perri, Paolo ^a   Buffone, Gianluca ^a   Gasbarro, Vincenzo ^b   Accurso, Antonello ^c   Danzi, Michele ^c   Aprea, Giovanni ^c   Amato, Bruno ^c   De Franciscis, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84885350137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S39     Document Type: Article

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