A review of duodenal metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix presenting as an upper gastrointestinal bleed

A review of duodenal metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix presenting as an upper gastrointestinal bleed

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal metastases is extremely uncommon. Extra-pelvic spread of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the cervix to the small bowel is rare with only 6 reported cases in the English literature since 1981(PubMed, Medline).</p...

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Main Authors: Diudea Dana, Senger Jenna-Lynn, Kanthan Rani, Kanthan Selliah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix
small bowel metastases
duodenal stricture
upper gastrointestinal bleed
histopathological diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/113

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