Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver
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Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Liver
This is a case report of 52-year-old healthy male who was found two liver nodules in the right lobe during routine checkup. The physical examinations and laboratory investigations were unremanable. Core biopsy of the liver was done and the diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma was suggested without a definite primary lesion. Since cholangiocarcinoma was suspected, subsegmently, partial hepatec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990201)85:3<562::aid-cncr7>3.0.co;2-t