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The “light bulb sign” in liver hemangioma

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Mamone, G., Miraglia, R. The “light bulb sign” in liver hemangioma. Abdom Radiol 44, 2327–2328 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-01964-x

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