The Cisterna Chyli in Gastrointestinal Malignancy Patients: Incidence and Finding in CT
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Lee, Jung-Bin
(Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
Lee, Hae-Kyung (Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Yi, Beom-Ha (Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Park, Seong-Jin (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine) Lee, Min-Hee (Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Cha, Jang-Gyu (Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Eun-Hye (Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Hong, Hyun-Sook (Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) |
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