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CASE REPORT: Pedunculated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Presenting as Bowel Volvulus: Usefulness of Color Doppler Ultrasonography for Strangulated Ileus

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  1. Department of Surgery, National Sengokusou Hospital, 1191 Nagose, Kaizuka, Osaka, 597–0042, Japan

    Takehiro Nakai, Tomoo Shimomura, Hiroaki Nakai & Yoshio Suzuki

  2. Kawasaki Medical Hospital, 13 Kamigawaraya, Izumisano, Osaka, 598–0001, Japan

    Masami Nakamura & Tadashi Kawasaki

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Nakai, T., Shimomura, T., Nakai, H. et al. CASE REPORT: Pedunculated Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Presenting as Bowel Volvulus: Usefulness of Color Doppler Ultrasonography for Strangulated Ileus. Dig Dis Sci 48, 291–294 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021971209043

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