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Marked melanocyte colonization of pigmented Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Mutsumi Higuchi, Satoko Shibata-Kikuchi, Takamichi Ito, Chisato Gondo, Masakazu Takahara, Yoichi Moroi & Masutaka Furue

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Higuchi, M., Shibata-Kikuchi, S., Ito, T. et al. Marked melanocyte colonization of pigmented Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Eur J Dermatol 24, 125–126 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2013.2246

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