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Ectopic Thyroid in the Common Bile Duct: First Case Report

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  1. Department of Pathology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Begum Yeni

  2. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    William R. Jarnagin

  3. Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Olca Basturk

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Yeni, B., Jarnagin, W.R. & Basturk, O. Ectopic Thyroid in the Common Bile Duct: First Case Report. J Gastrointest Canc 52, 325–327 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-020-00443-7

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