Small Bowel Pleomorphic Liposarcoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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In this case report we present a 60-year-old male patient with overt midgastrointestinal bleeding of a primary ileal pleomorphic liposarcoma diagnosed by video capsule endoscopy (VCE). Clinical work-up for final diagnosis and the pathological background of this uncommon tumorous entity of the small bowel will be discussed in this paper.
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دوره 2014 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014