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Occult Multiple Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis and Malignant Pleural Effusion Due to Signet Ring Cell Gastric Cancer

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    Katsunari Matsuoka, Mitsuhiro Ueda & Yoshihiro Miyamoto

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Matsuoka, K., Ueda, M. & Miyamoto, Y. Occult Multiple Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis and Malignant Pleural Effusion Due to Signet Ring Cell Gastric Cancer. Indian J Surg Oncol 10, 685–687 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-019-00978-7

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