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Frozen section pickup of a lung tumor embolus in pulmonary artery: an interesting case

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Dr. Krati Agrawal: manuscript preparation and review, and literature search

Dr. Dheeraj Gautam: manuscript review and diagnostic work-up of the case

Dr. Ritesh Sachdev: manuscript review and diagnostic work-up of the case

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    Krati Agrawal, Dheeraj Gautam & Ritesh Sachdev

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Agrawal, K., Gautam, D. & Sachdev, R. Frozen section pickup of a lung tumor embolus in pulmonary artery: an interesting case. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 33, 70–71 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-016-0479-5

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