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Case Report

A rare histologic subtype of hepatocellular carcinoma, sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma: report of a case

Numbereye Numbere1 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,University of Rochester Medical Center,Rochester, NY14642, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1082-5044
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Dongwei Zhang1 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,University of Rochester Medical Center,Rochester, NY14642, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-7204
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Diana Agostini-Vulaj1 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,University of Rochester Medical Center,Rochester, NY14642, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: HEP33 | Received 30 Jul 2020, Accepted 09 Nov 2020, Published online: 29 Dec 2020

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