Dysphagia complicating malignant mesothelioma.
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Dysphagia complicating malignant mesothelioma.
Aching chest discomfort, breathlessness, and malaise are the common complaints in mesothelioma.' 2 Occasionally the tumour is discovered on a chest radiograph before symptoms become manifest and, rarely, rapid accumulation of pleural fluids leads to an emergency admission with acute breathlessness.' In two series dysphagia has been reported as a rare preterminal event'3 while in other series24-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.38.8.635