Virchow’s Node in a Different Presentation

Document Type : Images in Medicine

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1 School of Medicine, Tehran university of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran university of medical sciences,Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Gastroesophageal(GI) malignancies are among the common malignancies in the world. Many patients come to clinical centers with signs and symptoms of metastasis. It is essential to know different presentations of metastasis. One of the most important sites of GI metastasis is the lymph node present as Virchow's node.

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