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Prostate cancer with an unusual metastatic affinity for the appendix, inducing acute appendicitis

Acute appendicitis induced by metastatic disease is uncommon. We present the case of an 82-year-old man with known bony metastases secondary to prostatic cancer who presents with a short history of acute abdominal pain. A CT scan was indicative of acute appendicitis and the patient underwent a lapar...

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Publicado en:BMJ Case Rep
Autor Principal: Christou, Erasmia
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878309/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29559489
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-224135
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