Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 107, Issue 12 , Pages 961-964 , December 2008

Duodenal Metastasis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

  • Huang-Chi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kun-Bow Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuan-Sheng Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsyh-Jyi Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jui-Sheng Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jui-Sheng Hsu, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 25 July 2007 ,Revised 23 August 2007 ,Accepted 2 October 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60021-8

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60021-8

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 107, Issue 12 , Pages 961-964 , December 2008

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