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Spindle cell angiosarcoma almost exclusively made up of spindle cells

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, 441-8570, Japan

    Sumiko Makita, Motohito Yamada, Noriyuki Suzuki & Takuo Karasawa

  2. Department of Dermatology, Nagoya School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Michihiro Kono & Masashi Akiyama

  3. Department of Pathology, Minami Seikyo Hospital, Nagoya, 459-8001, Japan

    Chisato Tanahashi

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Makita, S., Kono, M., Yamada, M. et al. Spindle cell angiosarcoma almost exclusively made up of spindle cells. Eur J Dermatol 24, 106–107 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2013.2224

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