Cholesterol embolization of right colon, misdiagnosed as colon tumor

Updates Surg. 2014 Mar;66(1):77-9. doi: 10.1007/s13304-012-0184-x. Epub 2012 Oct 30.

Authors

M Caricato¹, D Caputo, G T Capolupo, P Luffarelli, M Callea

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128, Rome, Italy, [email protected].

PMID: 23109036
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-012-0184-x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
Colonic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Comorbidity
Coronary Disease / epidemiology
Coronary Disease / surgery
Diagnostic Errors*
Embolism, Cholesterol / diagnosis*
Embolism, Cholesterol / epidemiology
Humans
Syndrome