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Metastases from renal cell carcinoma presenting as gastrointestinal bleeding: two case reports and a review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Bleeding from small bowel neoplasms account for 1–4% of cases of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Renal cell carcinoma constitutes 3% of all adult malignancies and often presents insidiously. Consequently 25–30% of patients have metastases at the time of diagnosis. Gastrointestinal bl...

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Autores principales: Sadler, Gareth J, Anderson, Mark R, Moss, Mark S, Wilson, Paul G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1800859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17266757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-7-4