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Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of the Gallbladder

Case Report and Literature Review

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Anastasios J. Karayiannakis, Helen Bolanaki & Constantinos Simopoulos

  2. Department of Clinical Oncology, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Stylianos Kakolyris & Leonidas Chelis

  3. Department of Pathology, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Alexandra Giatromanolaki & Efthimios Sivridis

  4. Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, 68 100, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Nikos Courcoutsakis

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Karayiannakis, A.J., Kakolyris, S., Giatromanolaki, A. et al. Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of the Gallbladder. J Gastrointest Canc 43 (Suppl 1), 139–144 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-011-9326-5

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