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Hemangioendothelioma of the cervical spine: report of a rare case

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  1. Department of Spine Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, No. 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China

    Penghui Zhang, Xiyang Wang, Chengke Luo, Hao Zeng, Zhengquan Xu & Wei Peng

  2. Department of ENT Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, No. 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China

    Weihong Jiang

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Zhang, P., Wang, X., Luo, C. et al. Hemangioendothelioma of the cervical spine: report of a rare case. J Orthop Sci 20, 1155–1159 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-014-0630-3

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