The patient is a 54-year-old white female who was well until 3 weeks prior to admission when she noted vague right upper quadrant pain exacerbated by meals. She lost 12 lbs over that period of time. She complained as well of posterior scalp, left hip, and back pain on initial presentation. Physical
Metastatic carcinoma in cervical nodes with an unknown primary lesion
β Scribed by Richard H. Jesse; Louis E. Neff
- Book ID
- 118837360
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 693 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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