Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the temporal artery presenting as temporal arteritis: case report and literature review
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Dina El Demellawy, Ahmed Nasr, Salem Alowami University of Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, William Osler Health Care-Brampton Civic Hospital, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; McMaster University, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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