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Granular cell myoblastoma of the sigmoid colon

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A granular cell myoblastoma of the upper sigmoid colon is reported in a 53-year-old male. The tumor was detected during investigation of abdominal pain and was removed by colonoscopic polypectomy. Colonoscopy provides a new method of treatment for these unusual colonic lesions and avoids the need for surgery. To our knowledge the tumor has not been reported previously in the sigmoid colon.

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  1. Gastroenterology Unit, Soroka University Hospital, P.O. Box 151, Beersheba, Israel

    I. Yanai-Inbar MD, H. S. Odes MD, P. Krugliak MD, I. Charuzi MD &  J. Krawiec MD

  2. Departments of Pathology and Surger, Soroka University Hospital, Beersheba, Israel

    I. Yanai-Inbar MD, H. S. Odes MD, P. Krugliak MD, I. Charuzi MD &  J. Krawiec MD

  3. Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel

    I. Yanai-Inbar MD, H. S. Odes MD, P. Krugliak MD, I. Charuzi MD &  J. Krawiec MD

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Yanai-Inbar, I., Odes, H.S., Krugliak, P. et al. Granular cell myoblastoma of the sigmoid colon. Digest Dis Sci 26, 852–854 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309617

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