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Ileal Desmoid Tumor in Ileal Crohn’s: Coincidence or Connection?

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DTR has received grant support from Takeda and has served as a consultant for Abbvie, Abgenomics, Allergan Inc., Arena Pharmaceuticals, Bellatrix Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd., Bristol-Myers Squibb, CDx Diganostics, Celgene Corp/Syneos, Check-cap, Gilead Sciences, InDex Pharmaceuticals, Iterative Scopes, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Lilly, Materia Prima, Pfizer, Prometheus Laboratories, Reistone, Takeda, and Techlab Inc. David Rubin is the article guarantor.

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  1. University of Chicago Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Chicago, USA

    Scott Friedberg, Ira Hanan, Neil Hyman, Gustavo Rubio & David T. Rubin

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Neil Hyman & Gustavo Rubio

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Aarti Sharma

  4. Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 4076, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    David T. Rubin

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Scott Friedberg wrote the article and was involved in the care of the patient preoperatively. Ira Hanan edited the article and supervised the care of the patient preoperatively. Neil Hyman and Gustavo Rubio edited the article, performed the surgery, and took care of the patient postoperatively. Aarti Sharma edited the article, was the patient’s pathologist, and provided the pathology images. David Rubin is the patient’s outpatient gastroenterologist and edited and oversaw the article.

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Friedberg, S., Hanan, I., Hyman, N. et al. Ileal Desmoid Tumor in Ileal Crohn’s: Coincidence or Connection?. Dig Dis Sci 68, 1071–1073 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-022-07583-9

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