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Extra-nodal Cytokeratin-Positive Interstitial Reticulum Cell Sarcoma Presenting as a Colonic Polyp: Report of a Rare Case with Review of Literature

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  1. Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India

    Gayatri Behera, Suvendu Purkait & Susama Patra

  2. Department of General Surgery, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India

    Prakash Kumar Sasmal & Pradip Kumar Singh

  3. Department of Radiotherapy, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India

    Saroj Kumar Das Majumdar & Deepak Kumar Das

  4. Department of Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India

    Suprava Naik

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Behera, G., Purkait, S., Patra, S. et al. Extra-nodal Cytokeratin-Positive Interstitial Reticulum Cell Sarcoma Presenting as a Colonic Polyp: Report of a Rare Case with Review of Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 51, 1034–1038 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-020-00380-5

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