Metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma masquerading as a case of acute abdomen secondary to small bowel perforation
Metastatic pleural mesothelioma is a rare disease. The present study aimed to report a rare presentation of metastatic malignant mesothelioma (MM). The patient was an elderly man who presented with small bowel (jejunal) perforation secondary to metastatic pleural mesothelioma deposits. This was a ra...
Main Author: | Khayal Alkhayal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2016-05-01
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Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2016.229 |
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