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Ozgül Pamukçu1, Fatih Selcukbiricik, Ahmet Bilici
1Department of Internal Medicine, Şişli Etfal Training Hospital, 34360 Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Signet cell carcinoma, which is a subtype of adenocarcinoma, usually originates from the stomach. However, it can also originate from the colon, rectum, gallbladder, pancreas, urinary bladder, and breast. We represent a 19-year-old boy diagnosed with signet cell tumour while he was being evaluated for an initial diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease.
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