Retroperitoneal schwannoma: an unusual cause of abdominal distention.
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Holbrook C, Saleem N. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220221 Description A 54-year-old Caucasian woman with no significant medical history presented to her primary care physician with chief complaints of right-sided abdominal dull pain and distension. There were no constitutional symptoms or other complaints such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhoea, melena or hematochezia. She was a non-smoker with no
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ case reports
دوره 2017 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017