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The unexpected conundrum of endometrioid carcinoma in deep rectal endometriosis arising 11 years after total hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

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  1. Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University “Aldo Moro” of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Valeria Andriola, Michele Battaglia, Pasquale Ditonno, Maria Grazia Fiore, Michele De Fazio, Riccardo Memeo & Donato F. Altomare

  2. General Surgery and Liver transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University “Aldo Moro” of Bari, Policlinico, Piazza G Cesare, 11, 70124, Bari, Italy

    Donato F. Altomare

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Andriola, V., Battaglia, M., Ditonno, P. et al. The unexpected conundrum of endometrioid carcinoma in deep rectal endometriosis arising 11 years after total hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 475–477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2188-8

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