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Primary Multifocal Hepatic PEComa: A Rarely Encountered Diagnostic Dilemma

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  1. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Tripti Nakra, Prasenjit Das, Brijnandan Gupta, Rajni Yadav & Prashant Ramteke

  2. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Anand N. Singh & Nihar R. Dash

  3. Department of Radio Diagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    K. S. Madhusudhan

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Conceptualization: Prashant Ramteke and Prasenjit Das. Data curation and investigation: Brijnandan Gupta, Anand N. Singh, Nihar R Dash, and Madhusudhan KS. Literature review: Tripti Nakra, Prasenjit Das, and Rajni Yadav. Writing-original draft preparation: Tripti Nakra. Writing-review and editing: Prashant Ramteke and Prasenjit Das. Supervision: Prashant Ramteke, Prasenjit Das, and Rajni Yadav.

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Nakra, T., Das, P., Gupta, B. et al. Primary Multifocal Hepatic PEComa: A Rarely Encountered Diagnostic Dilemma. J Gastrointest Canc 51, 667–672 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-019-00352-4

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