An Unusual Cause of Rectal Bleeding: Small Cell Prostate Cancer Presenting with Rectal Bleeding Due to Metastatic Disease

March 2008, Volume 39, Issue 1–4, pp 144–145 | Cite as

Article

First Online: 21 February 2009

Received: 13 January 2009

Accepted: 05 February 2009

Keywords

metastatic small cell prostate cancer rectal bleeding initial presentation

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