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Pancreatic Tail Neoplasm Masquerading as Recurrent Splenic Abscesses

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Karthik Gnanapandithan & Nishrutha Karthik

  2. Department of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Thiruvengadam Muniraj

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Gnanapandithan, K., Karthik, N. & Muniraj, T. Pancreatic Tail Neoplasm Masquerading as Recurrent Splenic Abscesses. J Gastrointest Canc 49, 507–509 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-9938-5

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