Desmoid tumor of the small bowel and the mesentery.

AJR Am J Roentgenol

Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 57, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Published: July 2004

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