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An unusual case of scleroderma with colonic involvement mimicking sigmoid carcinoma is presented. Severe low colonic obstruction was due to stenosis of the large intestine making segmental colonic resection mandatory
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Sacher, P., Buchmann, P. & Burger, H. Stenosis of the large intestine complicating scleroderma and mimicking a sigmoid carcinoma. Dis Colon Rectum 26, 347–348 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02561715
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02561715