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ENDOMETRIOSIS, THE GREAT IMITATOR

Endometriosis, the great imitator – a successful case of fertility preservation in a woman receiving sterilizing treatment due to a diagnosis of rectosigmoid carcinoma

Anna MarklundDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9131-7040View further author information
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Annika SjövallCentre of Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Lennart BlomqvistDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Imaging and Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Joseph CarlsonDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Clinical Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Kenny A. Rodriguez-WallbergDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Reproductive Medicine, Division of Gynecology and Reproduction, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 945-948 | Received 27 Mar 2019, Accepted 14 Jun 2019, Published online: 28 Jun 2019

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