Multifocal Jejuno-ileal carcinoma in a 7-year-old boy with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: A rare occurence

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2014; 35(01): 121-122
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.133741

Letters to editor

Richa Ranjan

Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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Devajit Nath

Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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Santosh Dey

Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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Sudheer Arava

Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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