Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well Differentiated Liposarcoma: a Borderline Malignancy Tumor
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1 Department of Medical Oncology, “Elias” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 2 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 3 Department of Pathology, “Elias” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 4 Department of Plastic Surgery, “Zetta” Clinic, Bucharest, Romania 5 Department of Pathology, “Monza” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Corresponding author: Maria Alexandra Barbu Department of Medical Oncology, “Elias” Emergency Clinical Hospital, 17th Marasti Boulevard, 1st District, Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract
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