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Year : 2003 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 118-119 |
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of caecum
S Bhat1, M Pai2, RP Premnath1
1 Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India 2 Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
S Bhat Light House, Poly Clinic I, Basement Light House, Condomonium, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore - 575001 India
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PMID: 14716117 
Proximal to the anal canal, carcinomas composed in whole or in part of squamous epithelium are distinctly uncommon, accounting for 0.1 per cent of all colorectal carcinomas. Pure squamous cell carcinoma of the colorectum are extremely rare. Here we report a case of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the caecum in a 55 year old lady from South India.
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