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Villous tumor of rectum and a portion of the sigmoid flexure causing severe electrolyte imbalance

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Some features of villous tumors of the colon and rectum have been reviewed briefly and a case of a large benign villous tumor of the rectum and a part of the sigmoid flexure with severe electrolyte imbalance has been discussed. Probably one similar case has been reported previously.

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  1. From the Departments of Surgery and Medicine of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

    L. Henning Mayfield M.D. & J. Pervis Milnor Jr. M.D.

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Mayfield, L.H., Milnor, J.P. Villous tumor of rectum and a portion of the sigmoid flexure causing severe electrolyte imbalance. Dis Colon Rectum 2, 311–313 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616898

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