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Supraumbilical Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization with Drug-Eluting Beads: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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  1. Division of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-040, Republic of Korea

    Hee Yeon Kim, Si Hyun Bae, Chung-Hwa Park, Myeong Jun Song, Jong Young Choi & Seung Kew Yoon

  2. Department of Hospital Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-040, Republic of Korea

    Eun Sun Jung

  3. Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-040, Republic of Korea

    Ho Jong Chun

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Kim, H.Y., Bae, S.H., Park, CH. et al. Supraumbilical Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization with Drug-Eluting Beads: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 36, 276–279 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0356-6

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