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A case of abdominal wall percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site metastatic disease from primary oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

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Ayesa, S.L., Hain, S.F. A case of abdominal wall percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site metastatic disease from primary oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 1011–1012 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04700-6

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