Endoscopic Resection of a Giant Pedunculated Leiomyoma of the Sigmoid Colon

The leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle tumor and may occur throughout the entire digestive tract, more frequently in the stomach, and small intestine, but is rarely seen in large bowel. Furthermore, a colonic giant pedunculated leiomyoma is very rare. The traditional management option for a colonic...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Andrisani, Margherita Pizzicannella, Chiara Taffon, Francesco Maria Di Matteo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_68_16