Hydatid cyst of the pancreas
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Ann. Ital. Chir., 84, 2, 2013 165 Pervenuto in Redazione Luglio 2012. Accettato per la pubblicazione Ottobre 2012 Correspondence to: Dr Aymen Trigui, Department of general and digestive surgery. Habib Bourguiba’s teaching hospital, 3029 Sfax, Tunisia. (E-mail: [email protected]) Aymen Trigui, Haitham Rejab, Ahmed Guirat, Abdelkadeur Mizouni, Mohamed Ben Amar, Rfik Mzali, Mohamed Issam Beyrouti.
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