Complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma

We here report the first case in the literature on a surgical emergency of complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma nine months after the primary tumor was treated with concurrent chemoradiation. The patient achieved prolonged survival with prompt surgical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lau, Chi Pan, Hui, Edwin Pun, Chan, Anthony Tak-Cheung
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139901
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e7
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Sumario:We here report the first case in the literature on a surgical emergency of complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma nine months after the primary tumor was treated with concurrent chemoradiation. The patient achieved prolonged survival with prompt surgical treatment followed by systemic chemotherapy.

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