Giant phyllodes tumor of the breast.

Pan Afr Med J

Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Narendra Kumar Prasadrao (NKP) Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Published: August 2022

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