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Pedunculated Extraluminal Leiomyoma of Ascending colon - A rare case report .

SILAMBARASAN .

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Abstract : Colonic Leiomyoma is a rare condition. Smooth muscle tumours arising from the colon constitute only 3   Percentage of gastrointestinal leiomyomas and about 1  percentage of all Gastro intestinal neoplasms. Extraluminal Leiomyoma is an extremely rare condition. We report a          patient with a 10 x 9 cm Extraluminal Leiomyoma of the  Ascending colon that was successfully operated.

Keyword : Leiomyoma-smooth muscle tumour-ascending colon-immunohistochemistry

 


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