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Pigmented lipofibromatosis in unusual location: case report and review of the literature

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  1. Laboratoire d’anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, CHU Habib Bourguiba, 3029 Sfax, Tunisia

    Lobna Ayadi, Slim Charfi, Ibtissem Bahri, Naourez Gouiaa, Abdelmajid Khabir, Saloua Makni & Tahya Sellami-Boudawara

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    Youssef Ben Hamed

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Ayadi, L., Charfi, S., Ben Hamed, Y. et al. Pigmented lipofibromatosis in unusual location: case report and review of the literature. Virchows Arch 452, 465–467 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-007-0565-6

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