Lower gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to a rectal leiomyoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1769-1770

  De Palma, Giovanni D ^a   Rega, Maria ^a   Masone, Stefania ^a   Siciliano, Saverio ^a   Persico, Marcello ^a   Salvatori, Francesca ^a   Maione, Francesco ^a   Esposito, Dario ^a   Bellino, Antonio ^a   Persico, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Immunohistochemistry; Rectal leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEIOMYOMA; RECTAL LEIOMYOMA; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SPINDLE CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR;

FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65649147958     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1769     Document Type: Article

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