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The focal hepatic hot spot (“hot quadrate”) sign

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    Faisal Fahad Aloufi, Faisal Mohammed Alabdulkarim & Meshal Ali Alshahrani

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Aloufi, F.F., Alabdulkarim, F.M. & Alshahrani, M.A. The focal hepatic hot spot (“hot quadrate”) sign. Abdom Radiol 42, 1289–1290 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-016-0997-z

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