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The “central dot sign” in acute epiploic appendagitis

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    Dario Giambelluca, Mariangela Dimarco, Maria Roberta Vaccaro Notte, Giuseppe Lo Re & Massimo Midiri

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Giambelluca, D., Dimarco, M., Vaccaro Notte, M.R. et al. The “central dot sign” in acute epiploic appendagitis. Abdom Radiol 44, 1606–1607 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1785-8

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