Abstract
An adventitial glomus tumor found incidentally in a specimen of colon removed for a recurrent adenocarcinoma is reported. According to the author's knowledge, this is the first case of colonic glomus reported in the English medical literature.
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Barua, R. Glomus tumor of the colon. Dis Colon Rectum 31, 138–140 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562647
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562647