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Case Reports in Surgery
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 704039, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/704039
Case Report

Virilisation during Pregnancy in a Patient with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

F. Conway,1 S. Jarvis,2 and M. Thornton1

1General Surgical Department, Wishaw General Hospital, 50 Netherton Street, Wishaw ML2 0DP, UK
2Clinical Laboratories, Wishaw General Hospital, 50 Netherton Street, Wishaw ML2 0DP, UK

Received 25 April 2012; Accepted 20 September 2012

Academic Editors: K. Honma and Y. Rino

Copyright © 2012 F. Conway et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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