Diffuse Abdominal Splenosis Mimicking Peritoneal Metastases in a 35-Year-Old Man with a Resectable Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater
A 35-year-old man with a history of blunt abdominal trauma and splenic rupture was diagnosed with an ampullary adenocarcinoma. At workup, a CT scan showed multiple intra-abdominal lesions similar to peritoneal carcinosis, and the patient was referred for palliative chemotherapy. On clinical suspicio...
Main Authors: | Steffen Filskov Sorensen, Frank Viborg Mortensen, Ylva Hellberg, Morten Ladekarl |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2013-09-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355233 |
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