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Luu, A.M., Meurer, K., Herzog, T. et al. Surprising Twist in the Plot – Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule of Pancreatic Cancer Mimicking Wound Infection after Umbilical Hernia Repair. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 113–115 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-9975-0
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