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Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor affecting the retroperitoneum: could it be a new entity within the spectrum of IgG-4 sclerosing disease?

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Acknowledgments

The authors are indebted to Dr. Rodríguez Justo for the IgG4 immunostains performed in our case and to Dr. Carlos Santonja for his help in the elaboration of the present study.

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  1. Department of Surgical Pathology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Capio Group), Avda Reyes Católicos 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    M. J. Fernández Aceñero & Sharon Cordova Yamauchi

  2. Department of General Surgery, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Avda Reyes Católicos 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Peter W. Vorwald

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Aceñero, M.J.F., Vorwald, P.W. & Yamauchi, S.C. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor affecting the retroperitoneum: could it be a new entity within the spectrum of IgG-4 sclerosing disease?. Virchows Arch 456, 719–721 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-010-0923-7

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