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Endoscopic Findings with GI Angiosarcoma Correspond with the Propensity of These Vascular Tumors to Cause GI Bleeding: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature

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  1. Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA

    Abdulhassan Saad

  2. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, MOB 602, 3535 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA

    Mitchell S. Cappell

  3. Department of Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI, USA

    Mitual Amin

  4. Oakland University-William Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA

    Mitchell S. Cappell & Mitual Amin

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Abdulhassan Saad and Mitchell S. Cappell contributed equally to the authorship as joint first authors. Mitual Amin was responsible for the authorship for pathology.

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Saad, A., Cappell, M.S. & Amin, M. Endoscopic Findings with GI Angiosarcoma Correspond with the Propensity of These Vascular Tumors to Cause GI Bleeding: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature. Dig Dis Sci 58, 1797–1801 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-013-2582-4

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