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Testicular Choriocarcinoma Metastasizing to the Small Bowel Causing Intussusception: Case Report

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    Shaimaa Elzamly, Alireza Torabi & Osvaldo Padilla

  2. Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

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Elzamly, S., Torabi, A. & Padilla, O. Testicular Choriocarcinoma Metastasizing to the Small Bowel Causing Intussusception: Case Report. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 1005–1008 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-018-0172-6

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