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Primary carcinoid and carcinoma of the rectum occurring simultaneously: Report of a case

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A case of atypical carcinoid tumor of the rectum associated with, and colliding with, adenocarcinoma is described. To our knowledge, no such collision tumor has been reported previously.

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  1. Tonawanda, New York

    Motilal Khubchandani M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. (Can.)

  2. Buffalo, New York

    J. Edwin Alford M.D.

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  1. Motilal Khubchandani M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. (Can.)
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14, 1972.

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Khubchandani, M., Alford, J.E. Primary carcinoid and carcinoma of the rectum occurring simultaneously: Report of a case. Dis Colon Rectum 17, 117–122 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587554

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