Complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Autor: Anthony Tak-Cheung Chan, Edwin Pun Hui, Chi Pan Lau
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Rare Tumors, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp e7-e7 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2036-3613
DOI: 10.4081/rt.2009.e7
Popis: 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 treatment followed by systemic chemotherapy.
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