LaPlace's law revisited: Cecal perforation as an unusual presentation of pancreatic carcinoma

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is often locally and distally aggressive, but initial presentation as cecal perforation is uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a patient presenting with pneumoperitoneum, found at initial exploration to have a cecal perforation believed to be secondary to a large c...

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Autores principales: Slam, Kristine D, Calkins, Sarah, Cason, Frederick D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1802866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17274817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1802866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17274817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-14

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