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[Solitary metastases of unknown origin. Apropos 64 cases]. 1992

M S Martínez Bruna, and J P Velilla Alcubilla

Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona.

Metastatic cancer of unknown origin is frequent subject of medical articles because of it's difficult approach. Most commonly it's present in multiple organs (more than 50%). We reported a study about solitary metastases of cancer of unknown origin and we tried to identify where are the original neoplasms that most frequently appeared in this form.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009382	Neoplasms, Unknown Primary	Metastases in which the tissue of origin is unknown.	Neoplasm Metastasis, Unknown Primary,Neoplasms, Occult Primary,Occult Primary Neoplasms,Unknown Primary Tumors,Unknown Primary Neoplasm Metastasis,Unknown Primary Neoplasms,Neoplasm, Occult Primary,Neoplasm, Unknown Primary,Occult Primary Neoplasm,Primary Neoplasm, Occult,Primary Neoplasm, Unknown,Primary Neoplasms, Occult,Primary Neoplasms, Unknown,Primary Tumor, Unknown,Primary Tumors, Unknown,Tumor, Unknown Primary,Tumors, Unknown Primary,Unknown Primary Neoplasm,Unknown Primary Tumor
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D013030	Spain	Country located between France on the northeast and Portugal on the west and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital is Madrid.	Balearic Islands,Canary Islands