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Pelvic Angiosarcoma Occurring in a Postmenopausal Female: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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    Jorge Villaran, Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla & Andre Pinto

  2. Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

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Villaran, J., Loaiza-Bonilla, A., Parra-Herran, C. et al. Pelvic Angiosarcoma Occurring in a Postmenopausal Female: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 19, 135–139 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-012-9540-x

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