Cholangiocarcinoma with a paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction mimicking a pyogenic liver abscess

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Ham, Hyoju (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Kim, Hee Yeon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Seo, Kyung Jin (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Lee, Su Lim (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Kim, Chang Wook (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)

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