Metastatic carcinoma in inguinal hernia
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Karl T. K. Chen
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A patient with unexplained low back pain, weight loss, and pulmonary infiltrate underwent an inguinal herniorrhapy . Histologic examination of the grossly normal hernia sac revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma. The patient died of cachexia 10 months later. This case observation suggests the necessity