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Case Reports

Giant thymolipoma in an infant

Ankit ParakhDepartments of PediatricsLady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Varinder SinghDepartments of PediatricsLady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
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R. SubramaniamDepartments of PediatricsLady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Mahender Kaur NarulaDepartments of RadiologyLady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Surendra Kumar AgarwalaDepartments of Pediatric SurgeryLady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Shailaja ShuklaDepartments of PathologyLady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India
Pages 230-232 | Received 26 Jan 2013, Accepted 27 Oct 2013, Published online: 06 Dec 2013

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