Primary gastric cancer presenting with a metastatic embolus in the common carotid artery: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Although about 30% of gastric cancers have distant metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis, metastatic tumor embolus in the main blood vessels is not common, especially in the main artery. The report presents, for the first time, an extremely rare clinical ca...

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Published in:	World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Main Authors:	Zhang Ying, Zhang Xiu-feng, Shentu Wei-hui, Yang Guan-gen, Shen Zhong, Huang Pin-tong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2012-10-01
Subjects:	Tumor embolus Common carotid artery Metastasis Gastric cancer
Online Access:	http://www.wjso.com/content/10/1/229