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Cecal perforation with an ascending colon cancer caused by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Colonic perforation caused by upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare. A 69-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal fullness. Colonoscopy could be performed only up to the hepatic flexure due to an elongated colon and residual stools. Because her symptoms imp...

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Autores principales: Miyatani, Hiroyuki, Yoshida, Yukio, Kiyozaki, Hirokazu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19536313