Malignant transformation of perianal and enterocutaneous fistulas is rare: Results of 17 years of follow-up from the Netherlands

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-325

  Baars, Judith E ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Dijkstra, Gerard ^b   Hommes, Daniel W ^c   De Jong, Dirk J ^d   Stokkers, Pieter C F ^e   Oldenburg, Bas ^f   Pierik, Marieke ^g   Wahab, Peter J ^h   Van Bodegraven, Adriaan A ⁱ   Van Der Woude, Christien J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Crohn's disease; fistula

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RECTAL FISTULA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79751485043     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2010.536251     Document Type: Article

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