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Sigmoid colon endometriotic mass

A rare cause of complete large bowel obstruction

Hamad H. Al-Qahtani, Haitham Alfalah, Reem A. Al-Salamah and Adel A. Elshair
Saudi Medical Journal May 2015, 36 (5) 630-633; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.5.11268
Hamad H. Al-Qahtani
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Department of Surgery (Elshair, Alfalah), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Al-Salamah), College of Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Haitham Alfalah
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Department of Surgery (Elshair, Alfalah), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Al-Salamah), College of Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Reem A. Al-Salamah
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Department of Surgery (Elshair, Alfalah), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Al-Salamah), College of Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adel A. Elshair
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Department of Surgery (Elshair, Alfalah), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Al-Salamah), College of Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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