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Rapid Communication| Volume 133, ISSUE 6, P618-625, June 2022

Unusual oral mucosal ulceration post allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Published:August 15, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2021.08.005
      A 64-year-old man presented in April 2020 to the emergency department (ED) with severe and worsening odynophagia of 7-weeks’ duration, associated with a week of hemoptysis with 2 to 3 episodes a day of bright red sputum and intermittent night sweats.
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