Recurrent Giant Apocrine Hidrocystoma of the Leg: A Case Report

Venkat Boddapati1, Temidayo Aderibigbe, Eva Vera Gimenez

  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.

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|July 16, 2020
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