Acute appendicitis caused by metastatic adenocarcinoma from the lung: a case report

BACKGROUND: Appendiceal metastasis from lung cancer is rare. However, it often causes acute appendicitis that requires emergency surgery. We herein report a thought-provoking case of appendiceal metastasis from lung cancer. CASE PRESENTATION: A 71-year-old man was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Yusuke, Machimoto, Takafumi, Yasukawa, Daiki, Aisu, Yuki, Hori, Tomohide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-018-0467-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-018-0467-7

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