An unusual abdominal mass.
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An unusual abdominal mass.
Accepted 20 August 1997 A 78-year old woman presented with pain in her left lower abdomen for three days. She had also noticed an associated swelling in the same area, and a feeling of incomplete evacuation of her bowel. However, there was no nausea, vomiting, change in bowel habits, or rectal bleeding. She was otherwise fit and healthy, apart from mild hypertension for which she was taking ben...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.869.187