Solitary polypoidal rectal ganglioneuroma: A rare presentation of a rare tumor [1]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 961-963

  Al Daraji, W I ^a   Abdellaoui, A ^a   Salman, W D ^a  

^a EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; LETTER; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21244487397     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03790.x     Document Type: Letter

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