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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Main Authors: Anthony Tak-Cheung Chan, Edwin Pun Hui, Chi Pan Lau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-12-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/653