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Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor: A Rare Case of Extraluminal Bowel Obstruction and Review of the Literature

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    Emmanuel Ofori, Daryl Ramai, Sofia Nigar, Gullamulah Shahzad & Madhavi Reddy

  2. Department of Pathology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Academic Affiliate of The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Clinical Affiliate of The Mount Sinai Hospital, 121 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA

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Ofori, E., Ramai, D., Nigar, S. et al. Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor: A Rare Case of Extraluminal Bowel Obstruction and Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 560–563 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-0045-4

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