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Presacral Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in a Patient with Rectal Adenocarcinoma: Report of a Case and Literature Review

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Vassilios Vassiliou & Dimitrios Andreopoulos

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Dimitrios Papamichael & Panteleimon Kountourakis

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center, Findlay, OH, USA

    Stephen Lutz

  4. Department of Radiology, Ayios Therissos Diagnostic Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Eleni Eracleous

  5. Department of Radiology, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Petros Polyviou

  6. Department of Histopathology, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Ioannis Michaelides

  7. Department of Surgery, Ygeia Hospital, Limassol, Cyprus

    Martinos Shoukris

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Vassiliou, V., Papamichael, D., Lutz, S. et al. Presacral Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in a Patient with Rectal Adenocarcinoma: Report of a Case and Literature Review. J Gastrointest Canc 43 (Suppl 1), 131–135 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-012-9370-9

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