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Case Reports
. 1979 Jun;55(644):430-2.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.644.430.

Carcinoid tumour as a complication of ulcerative colitis

D J Hay, J R Curt
Case Reports

Carcinoid tumour as a complication of ulcerative colitis

D J Hay et al. Postgrad Med J. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

Patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis have an increased chance of developing a carcinoma of the colon, especially when the inflammatory process involves the entire colon, but no case of a carcinoid tumour of the colon occurring in a patient with ulcerative colitis has been reported.

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