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Blumer's shelf
Etiology:
- metastatic lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or gastric cancer
Clinical manifestations:
- a self felt on rectal examination when a tumor has metastasized to the pouch of Douglas
General
sign/symptom
References
- Wikipedia: Blumer's shelf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumer%27s_shelf
- Kuttner-Magalhes R et al
Endoscopic appearance of Blumer's shelf.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2015. Volume 82, ISSUE 2, P412-414, August 1
PMID: 25896526
https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(15)00124-8/fulltext