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Case Reports
. 2019 Nov 11;191(45):E1251.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190515.

Schamroth sign

Naoki Matsuura  1
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Case Reports

Schamroth sign

Naoki Matsuura. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Clinical photograph of the Schamroth sign of a 71-year-old man with lung cancer. (B) Two years after treatment, we observed regression of the Schamroth sign; ie., recovery of the diamond-shaped window (arrow).
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