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Perforation in a patient with stercoral colitis and diverticulosis: who did it?

Vijaya R. BhattDepartment of MedicineStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MBBS,
Srujitha MurukutlaDepartment of MedicineStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA
, MBBS,
Jason DiPoceDepartment of RadiologyStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA
, MD,
Steven GustafsonDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA
, DO,
David SarkanyDepartment of RadiologyStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA
, MD,
Kokila ModyDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA
, MD,
Warren D. WidmannDepartment of SurgeryStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA;Department of SurgeryDownstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA
, MD &
Aaron GottesmanDepartment of MedicineStaten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA
, MD, FACP, SFHM show all
Article: 22898 | Received 24 Sep 2013, Accepted 01 Jan 2014, Published online: 17 Feb 2014

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