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Stenosis of the large intestine complicating scleroderma and mimicking a sigmoid carcinoma

1983; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 26; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf02561715

1530-0358

Peter Sacher, P Buchmann, Hans-Rudolf Burger,

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and related conditions

An unusual case of scleroderma with colonic involvement mimicking sigmoid carcinoma is presented. Severe low colonic obstruction was due to stenosis of the large intestine making segmental colonic resection mandatory.