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A Case of Benign Hepatic Cyst with Supra-elevated Cyst Fluid Tumor Markers

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This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at University of Southern California.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Alexander Tonthat

  2. College of Osteopathic Medicine, Western University School of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA

    Danvi Bui

  3. Division of Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Miriam Romero

  4. Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Emily Lo, Gary Kanel & Takeshi Saito

  5. Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Department of Medicine, USC Research Center for Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Avenue, HMR 801A, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-9141, USA

    Takeshi Saito

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AT gathered information on the case, reviewed the literature, and wrote the manuscript, DB aided in reviewing the literature, EL and GK provided pathological interpretation of cyst biopsy, and TS oversaw manuscript preparation. All of the authors contributed to the intellectual content.

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Tonthat, A., Bui, D., Romero, M. et al. A Case of Benign Hepatic Cyst with Supra-elevated Cyst Fluid Tumor Markers. Dig Dis Sci 66, 4063–4067 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06727-z

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