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Open AccessUnusual gastric mucosal infiltration by a medullary thyroid carcinoma: a case report
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Critically ill patients in intensive-care units are at high risk for pulmonary embolism (PE). As a result of modern multi-detector computed tomographic angiography (MDCT) increased visualization of peripheral ...