Unusual presentation of cholangiocarcinoma.
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چکیده
A patient who presented with dysphagia was found to have a cholangiocarcinoma, with metastases in the para-oesophageal lymph nodes. Although dysphagia has been described as a presenting feature of some metastatic carcinomas, to the authors' knowledge, there have been no reports of it as a presenting symptom of a cholangiocarcinoma.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 56 653 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980