Abstract
A case is reported in which cells from a cecal carcinoma appear to have passed through a preexisting colovesical fistula to grow in the submucosal layers of the urinary bladder.
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Kurgan, A., Hoffmann, J. Metastasis of cecal carcinoma via a preexisting colovesical fistula. Dis Colon Rectum 25, 811–812 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553322
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