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Mixed sex cord stromal tumor and incidental findings of perineural and intravascular extraparenchymal Leydig cells: a potential diagnostic pitfall

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Athanazio, D.A., de Oliveira Cruz, A. & de Farias, G.B. Mixed sex cord stromal tumor and incidental findings of perineural and intravascular extraparenchymal Leydig cells: a potential diagnostic pitfall. Int Urol Nephrol 52, 693–695 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-019-02356-2

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