An Unusual Extrahepatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Gastroenterology, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales, Australia; The Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: December 2021

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