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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Nov 15, 2010; 2(11): 417-420
Published online Nov 15, 2010. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i11.417
Published online Nov 15, 2010. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i11.417
Cecal vanishing tumor associated with cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent elderly adult
Shinsuke Kawasaki, Satoshi Osawa, Ken Sugimoto, Takahiro Uotani, Masafumi Nishino, Takanori Yamada, Mutsuhiro Ikuma, First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Mitsushige Sugimoto, Takahisa Furuta, Center for Clinical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Author contributions: Kawasaki S and Osawa S wrote the manuscript; Sugimoto K, Furuta T and Ikuma M contributed to the paper design and coordination; Uotani T, Nishino M, Yamada T and Sugimoto M contributed in performing the endoscopic examination and follow-up; all the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Satoshi Osawa, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan. sososawa@hama-med.ac.jp
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Received: July 1, 2010
Revised: September 14, 2010
Accepted: September 21, 2010
Published online: November 15, 2010
Revised: September 14, 2010
Accepted: September 21, 2010
Published online: November 15, 2010
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