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Case Report

Novel treatment of recurrent orbital venolymphatic malformation with sirolimus and rivaroxaban

Boonkit Purta Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA;b Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Harkaran S. Ranaa Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Todd D. Whitescarvera Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Eva Choua Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA;b Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Pages 771-778 | Received 03 Nov 2020, Accepted 04 May 2021, Published online: 25 May 2021

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