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Case Studies

Giant malignant phyllodes tumor with metastasis to the brain

Alden P. GregstonTexas A&M Health Sciences Center, Dallas, Texas; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8168-822X
ORCID Icon,
David M. MetterDepartment of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-7400
, MD ORCID Icon,
Cynthia R. C. OsborneBaylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas; ;Texas Oncology, Dallas, Texas
, MD &
John Pippen Jr.Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Dallas, Texas; ;Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas; ;Texas Oncology, Dallas, TexasCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3522-9780
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Pages 116-118 | Received 14 Jun 2018, Accepted 04 Sep 2018, Published online: 15 Jan 2019

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