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Spindle cell oncocytoma of the adenohypophysis: report of two cases

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  1. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sonika Dahiya, E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte & David N. Louis

  2. Neurosurgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Nicholas T. Zervas & David N. Louis

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

    Chitra Sarkar, Mehar Chand Sharma & Epari Sridhar

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Dahiya, S., Sarkar, C., Hedley-Whyte, E.T. et al. Spindle cell oncocytoma of the adenohypophysis: report of two cases. Acta Neuropathol 110, 97–99 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-005-1009-5

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