## BACKGROUND. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is endemic in Southern China and the majority of patients present with local symptoms due to the tumor. METHODS. This report describes two unusual cases of occult nasopharyngeal carcinoma in which the patients initially presented with endocrine manifestations
Unusual presentations of carcinoma of the right colon
โ Scribed by Harold P. Freeman; Soji F. Oluwole; G. A. P. Ganepola
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 891 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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