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A TYPICAL PRESENTATION OF A PARASITIC INFESTATION MIMICKING A METASTATIC CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Lam K. Y.,
Law S.,
Ma L. T.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02290.x
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , pathogenesis , infestation , carcinoma , pathology , metastatic carcinoma , dermatology , radiology , botany , biology
A case of ectopic filarial infestation mimicking metastatic oesophageal carcinoma is presented. The clinical implications, pathologic features and pathogenesis of this atypical presentation are discussed.