Endocervicosis of the Small Intestine

Abstract

A case of endocervicosis of the small intestine incidentally found as a mass lesion dur ing a gastric bypass surgery is reported. No previous cases of intestinal endocervico sis have been reported in the literature. Int J Surg Pathol 10(1):65-67, 2002

Keywords

small bowel endocervicosis endometriosis tumor-like lesion.

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