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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2013; 19(10): 1657-1660
Published online Mar 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i10.1657
PEComa of the colon resistant to sirolimus but responsive to doxorubicin/ifosfamide
Wolfgang Scheppach, Nikolaus Reissmann, Thomas Sprinz, Ekkehard Schippers, Bjoern Schoettker, Justus G Mueller
Wolfgang Scheppach, Nikolaus Reissmann, Department of Medicine, Juliusspital Wuerzburg, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
Thomas Sprinz, Ekkehard Schippers, Department of Surgery, Juliusspital Wuerzburg, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
Bjoern Schoettker, Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
Justus G Mueller, Department of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Author contributions: Scheppach W and Reismann N diagnosed and treated the patient in hospital; Sprinz T and Schippers E operated on the patient; Schoettker B treated the outpatient; Mueller JG analysed the tumor specimens histologically; all authors contributed significantly to the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; Scheppach W drafted the article; all coauthors revised it critically and finally approved it for publication.
Correspondence to: Wolfgang Scheppach, MD, Department of Medicine, Juliusspital Wuerzburg, Juliuspromenade 19, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. gastroenterologie@juliusspital.de
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Received: November 17, 2012
Revised: December 11, 2012
Accepted: January 17, 2013
Published online: March 14, 2013
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