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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul 20;192(29):E845.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.200056.

Inguinal mass in a 4-month-old boy

Valerie J Waters  1 , Reto M Baertschiger  2 , Ian Kitai  2
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Case Reports

Inguinal mass in a 4-month-old boy

Valerie J Waters et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Valerie Waters reports receiving grants from Gilead and AstraZeneca, outside the submitted work. No other competing interests were declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Right suppurative inguinal mass (measuring 1.6 × 1.4 cm) presenting in a previously well 4-month-old boy born in Vietnam.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Right gluteal scar secondary to bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination given at birth in Vietnam.
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References

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