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Clinical features - Case report

Primary retroperitoneal paraganglioma mimicking a ureteral tumor: a case report and literature review

Zairan Wanga Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, ChinaView further author information
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Jiping Yangb Department of Medical Imaging, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 657-661 | Received 12 Oct 2019, Accepted 29 Apr 2020, Published online: 07 May 2020

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