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J Gastrointest Cancer. 2021 Jun;52(2):771-775. doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00504-x.

Multifocal Hepatic Angiosarcoma with Atypical Presentation: Case Report and Literature Review.

Journal of gastrointestinal cancer

Stefano Marletta, Enrico Cavallo, Serena Ammendola, Lavinia Stefanizzi, Maria Gaia Mastrosimini, Mirko D'Onofrio, Matteo Brunelli, Anna Caliò, Sara Pecori, Andrea Dalbeni, Andrea Ruzzenente, Paola Capelli

Affiliations

  1. Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro n. 10, 37134, Verona, Italy. [email protected].
  2. Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro n. 10, 37134, Verona, Italy.
  3. Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Department of Radiology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  4. Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  5. Department of Medicine, Section of General Medicine and Hypertension Unit & Liver Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  6. Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

PMID: 32894473 PMCID: PMC8131285 DOI: 10.1007/s12029-020-00504-x

[No abstract available.]

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