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Epidermoid Cyst of Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen

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  1. Department of Pathology Box 802, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, USA

    Kun Ru, Aarti Kalra & Angelo Ucci

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This paper was resented in part at the annual meeting of the College of American Pathologists, Chicago, Illinois, September 2005.

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Ru, K., Kalra, A. & Ucci, A. Epidermoid Cyst of Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1229–1232 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9376-x

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