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Retroperitoneal metastatic germ cell tumor presenting as a psoas abscess: a rare clinical occurrence and review of the literature

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Verlage, K.R., Underwood, L. & de Riese, W.T.W. Retroperitoneal metastatic germ cell tumor presenting as a psoas abscess: a rare clinical occurrence and review of the literature. Int Urol Nephrol 48, 1839–1840 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-016-1385-x

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