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Metastatic carcinoid tumour with spinal cord compression

Carcinoid tumours are rare with an incidence of 5.25/100,000. They predominantly originate in the gastrointestinal tract (50-60%) or bronchopulmonary system (25-30%). Common sites of metastasis are lymph nodes, liver, lungs and bone. Spinal metastasis are rare, but has been reported in patients with...

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Autores principales: Scott, SI, Antwi-Yeboah, Y, Bucur, SD
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24960730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2012.7.5