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Splenic rupture and mediastinal mass associated with rare TdT-negative T-LBL/T-ALL lead to sudden death of a juvenile

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The authors express their gratitude to Emma Louise Kessler, MD for her generous donation to the Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland

    Dominic Gascho, Stephan A. Bolliger, Michael J. Thali & Sarah Schaerli

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    Bettina Huber

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Gascho, D., Huber, B., Bolliger, S.A. et al. Splenic rupture and mediastinal mass associated with rare TdT-negative T-LBL/T-ALL lead to sudden death of a juvenile. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 12, 523–526 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9816-7

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