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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2008; 14(20): 3273-3275
Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3273
Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3273
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis after fluorouracil chemotherapy for rectal cancer
Kenji Mimatsu, Takatsugu Oida, Atsushi Kawasaki, Hisao Kano, Youichi Kuboi, Osamu Aramaki, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, Kanagawa 231-8553, Japan
Sadao Amano, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-0032, Japan
Author contributions: Mimatsu K, Oida T, Kawasaki A, Kano H, Kuboi Y and Aramaki O carried out the operation and were consultant overseeing the patient’s care; Mimatsu K wrote the manuscript; Amano S was responsible for drafting the manuscript and revising it critically.
Correspondence to: Kenji Mimatsu, MD, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho Naka-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-8553, Japan. mimatsu.kenji@yokochu.jp
Telephone: +81-45-6411921
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Received: February 20, 2008
Revised: April 30, 2008
Accepted: May 6, 2008
Published online: May 28, 2008
Revised: April 30, 2008
Accepted: May 6, 2008
Published online: May 28, 2008
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