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Primary Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Non-cirrhotic Liver Presenting as an Acute Abdomen: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Author Contributions

JPK is responsible for the concept and design, acquisition of available literature, and drafting of the case report. NK performed the manuscript proofreading and drafting of the case report. RA is responsible for the acquisition of histologic images and preparing the legends. SG performed the critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content and preparing the legends of histologic pictures.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982000 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA

    Jiten P. Kothadia

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, An academic Affiliate of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 121 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA

    Navneet Kaur & Rezina Arju

  3. Department of Radiology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, An academic Affiliate of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 121 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA

    Mahmoud Dakhel

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, An academic Affiliate of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 121 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA

    Shah Giashuddin

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Kothadia, J.P., Kaur, N., Arju, R. et al. Primary Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Non-cirrhotic Liver Presenting as an Acute Abdomen: a Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 48, 211–216 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-016-9831-7

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