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A 55-year-old male patient was reviewed on the ward with increasing abdominal pain. He had undergone laparoscopic anterior resection for a rectal polyp at 11 cm from the dentate line. Biopsies had twice shown severe dysplasia.
On examination he was tachycardic and febrile.
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Terry M, Neugut A, Bostick R et al (2002) Risk factors for advanced colorectal adenomas: a pooled analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Jul;11(7):622-9
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Joarder, R., Crundwell, N., Gibson, M. (2011). Case 6. In: Case Studies in Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-366-4_6
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