Internal herniation through the transverse mesocolon complicated by volvulus.
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685 abscess. The kidney was not involved by the malignant process. Histology later revealed that the uterine mass was a mixed mesodermal sarcoma with a pattern of fibrosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and in places osteogenic sarcoma. Review of the segment of colon removed at operation showed that this was in fact invaded from without by secondaries from the primary uterine tumour.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 43 504 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1967