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A case of gallbladder metastasis from nasal mucosal melanoma with noteworthy endoscopic ultrasonography findings

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  1. Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, 3-1-69 Otemae, Chuo-Ku, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan

    Yugo Kai, Kenji Ikezawa & Kazuyoshi Ohkawa

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Cytology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

    Shigenori Nagata

  3. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

    Hiroshi Wada

  4. Department of Dermatologic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

    Taiki Isei

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All authors contributed to the study conception, data analysis, and interpretation. YK wrote the first draft of the manuscript. KI revised the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version.

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Kai, Y., Ikezawa, K., Nagata, S. et al. A case of gallbladder metastasis from nasal mucosal melanoma with noteworthy endoscopic ultrasonography findings. J Med Ultrasonics 50, 447–449 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-023-01311-0

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