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Congenital solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver in a newborn

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Congential solitary nonparasitic cysts of the liver (CSNCL) are extremely rare causes of abdominal masses in newborns and infants. We describe a cystic abdominal mass virtually all extrahepatic in a newborn that proved to be a CSNCL.

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  1. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    S. P. Quillin &  W. H. McAlister

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  1. S. P. Quillin
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Quillin, S.P., McAlister, W.H. Congenital solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver in a newborn. Pediatr Radiol 22, 543–544 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013009

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