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NEOPLASTIC OBSTRUCTION OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA
Author(s) -
Steffen C. M.,
Thursby P. F.
Publication year - 1995
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.1445-2197.1995.tb07279.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aorta , aorta , cervix , radiology , metastatic carcinoma , carcinoma , surgery , cancer
Obstruction of major arteries by neoplastic tissue is rare. 1 A case of symptomatic obstruction of the distal abdominal aorta by metastatic carcinoma of the cervix, presenting 6 years after initial diagnosis, is described.