An Unusual Cause of Thigh Swelling: Extramedullary Myeloid Tumor
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Memiş Hilmi Atay1, Engin Kelkitli2, Piltan Büyükkaya3, Kubilay Ekiz4, Levent yıldız5, Mehmet Turgut3 1Van Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Van, Turkey 2Erzurum Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Erzurum, Turkey 3Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Samsun, Turkey 4Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsun, Turkey 5Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Samsun, Turkey
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