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Case Report

A rare case of metastatic paraspinal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting with proptosis in an adult patient

U. Leo Chandaa School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher Knappb Department of Ophthalmology, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, UKView further author information
Pages 280-282 | Received 22 Aug 2022, Accepted 11 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022

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