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Mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary presenting as unilateral lower extremity edema

Alpin D Malkan1, Puneet Singh Braich, Puneet Singh-Braich

  • 1Saint Mary's Health System/Yale University School of Medicine Affiliate, Department of Surgery, Surgical Resident, Waterbury, USA. Alpin.malkan@yahoo.com

Connecticut Medicine
|October 29, 2009
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