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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma as a rare cause of ascites: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare tumor with diagnostic and therapeutic problems. The peritoneum is the second most common site for development of mesothelioma, which in 30–45% of cases is associated with a synchronous pleural mesothelioma. Clinical symptoms and findings may be confusi...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Iftikhar, Koulaouzidis, Anastasios, Iqbal, Javaid, Tan, Wong C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-121