Atypical presentation of hepatic visceral larva migrans mimicking cancer and associated with ADAMTS13 deficiency–mediated thrombotic microangiopathy: A first report from Reunion Island
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1 Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, France, 2 Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Reunion Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, France, 3 Department of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Reunion Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, France, 4 Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Purpan, Toulouse, France
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