Two Colonic Masses: Twice the Enigma.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Published: April 2018

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