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Primary linitis plastica of the rectum:

Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Two cases of primary linitis plastica carcinoma of the rectum are added to the scant literature. Clinical and pathologic features of this rare tumor are presented.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York

    Thomas H. Dailey M.D. & Rudolf Garret M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, The Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York

    Thomas H. Dailey M.D. & Rudolf Garret M.D.

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  1. Thomas H. Dailey M.D.
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  2. Rudolf Garret M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Hollywood, Florida, April 12 to 16, 1970.

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Dailey, T.H., Garret, R. Primary linitis plastica of the rectum:. Dis Colon Rectum 14, 218–221 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553189

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