Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 589-591 , 2007

An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Gastric Adenocarcinoma — Acute Onset of Right Neck Swelling

  • Kuan-Ting Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hon-Man Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Departments of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzeng-Jih Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Tzeng-Jih Lin, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 5 June 2006 ,Revised 20 November 2006 ,Accepted 2 January 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(07)60011-4

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60011-4

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 589-591 , 2007

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