Transverse colon tuberculosis presenting as colonic obstruction

D. Steer; A. Essa; D. L. Clarke; S. R. Thomson

Department of General Surgery and Anatomical Pathology Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban

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