A rare primary pulmonary tumor with difficult diagnosis: pleomorphic carcinoma

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Published Jul 20, 2016
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Vol. 94 No. 1 (2016): Issue Jan 2016

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Hanène Smadhi
Aymen Ayari
Héla Kammoun
Mohamed Sadok Boudaya
Aida Ayadi-Kaddour
Leila Fekih
Mohamed Lamine Megdiche

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