Benign fibroblastic polyp of the colon: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-290

  Doǧanavşargil, Başak ^a   Serin, Gürdeniz ^a   Akyildiz, Murat ^a   Ertan, Yeşim ^a   Tunçyürek, Müge ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colonic polyps; Fibroblastic; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL;

COLON, SIGMOID; COLONIC POLYPS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 74949133248     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2009.0029     Document Type: Article

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