Shefali Chopra • USC Profiles

Shefali Chopra, MD

Title(s)	Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
School	Keck School of Medicine of Usc
Address	HC4 1450 San Pablo Street Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles CA 90089-9092
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Spatially resolved immune exhaustion within the alloreactive microenvironment predicts liver transplant rejection. Sci Adv. 2024 Apr 12; 10(15):eadm8841. Barbetta A, Rocque B, Bangerth S, Street K, Weaver C, Chopra S, Kim J, Sher L, Gaudilliere B, Akbari O, Kohli R, Emamaullee J. PMID: 38608023.

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Technical optimization of spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomic datasets to study clinical liver disease. Sci Rep. 2024 02 13; 14(1):3612. Rocque B, Guion K, Singh P, Bangerth S, Pickard L, Bhattacharjee J, Eguizabal S, Weaver C, Chopra S, Zhou S, Kohli R, Sher L, Akbari O, Ekser B, Emamaullee JA. PMID: 38351241; PMCID: PMC10864257.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
GLI1-Altered Mesenchymal Tumors With ACTB or PTCH1 Fusion: A Molecular and Clinicopathologic Analysis. Mod Pathol. 2024 Feb; 37(2):100386. Kerr DA, Cloutier JM, Margolis M, Mata DA, Rodrigues Simoes NJ, Faquin WC, Dias-Santagata D, Chopra S, Charville GW, Wangsiricharoen S, Lazar AJ, Wang WL, Rosenberg AE, Tse JY. PMID: 37992966.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
CSF1 expression in xanthogranulomatous epithelial tumor/keratin-positive giant cell-rich tumor. Hum Pathol. 2024 Jan; 143:1-4. Dehner CA, Lo YC, Chopra S, Demicco EG, He K, Hirbe AC, Folpe AL, Chrisinger JSA. PMID: 37993023.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans Cells
Localized Multifocal Retroperitoneal Ganglioneuroma with an Infiltrative Appearance on Imaging: A Case Report. Case Rep Oncol. 2023 Jan-Dec; 16(1):1142-1147. Rich JM, Duddalwar VA, Aron M, Ter-Oganesyan R, Hu P, Chopra S, Cheng PM. PMID: 37900859; PMCID: PMC10601809.

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When molecular outsmarts morphology: Malignant ossifying fibromyxoid tumors masquerading as osteosarcomas, including a novel CREBZF::PHF1 fusion. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2024 Jan; 63(1):e23206. Sharma AE, Dermawan JK, Sherrod AE, Chopra S, Maki RG, Antonescu CR. PMID: 37819540.

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Mol Molecular Biology Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Technical optimization of spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomic datasets to study clinical liver disease. Res Sq. 2023 Sep 05. Rocque B, Guion K, Singh P, Bangerth S, Pickard L, Bhattacharjee J, Eguizabal S, Weaver C, Chopra S, Zhou S, Kohli R, Sher L, Ekser B, Emamaullee JA. PMID: 37720049; PMCID: PMC10503835.

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Biodistribution of lentiviral transduced adipose-derived stem cells for "ex-vivo" regional gene therapy for bone repair. Gene Ther. 2023 Dec; 30(12):826-834. Bell JA, Collon K, Mayfield C, Gallo MC, Chang SW, Sugiyama O, Tang AH, Hollis R, Chopra S, Kohn DB, Lieberman JR. PMID: 37568039.

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Gen Genetics The Therapeutics
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Spatially resolved immune exhaustion within the alloreactive microenvironment predicts liver transplant rejection. Res Sq. 2023 Jul 03. Barbetta A, Rocque B, Bangerth S, Street K, Weaver C, Chopra S, Kim J, Sher L, Gaudilliere B, Akbari O, Kohli R, Emamaullee J. PMID: 37461437; PMCID: PMC10350170.

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Pathologic Diagnosis of Well-differentiated Hepatocellular Lesions: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis With Particular Focus in Core Needle Biopsies and Utilization of Ancillary Techniques. Adv Anat Pathol. 2023 Jun 02. Chopra S, Dhall D. PMID: 37264525.

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Ana Anatomy Pat Pathology
Correction: Perinephric myxoid pseudotumor of fat: a multimodality imaging case series. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023 May; 48(5):1831-1839. Lee J, King KG, Chopra S, Cheng PM. PMID: 36799999.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Gas Gastroenterology
Does "Low-Grade" Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Exist? The Role of Mitotic Index in Separating Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma From Cellular Well-differentiated Liposarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 06 01; 47(6):649-660. Graham DS, Qorbani A, Eckardt MA, Klingbeil KD, Chen LY, Chopra S, Eilber FC, Dry SM. PMID: 37057834.

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Gen General Surgery Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Molecular characterization of visible low-grade dysplastic lesions in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Hum Pathol. 2023 05; 135:108-116. Dhall D, Makhoul E, Taguibao R, Waters K, Zhang W, Vail E, Lee G, Diffalha SA, Patel C, Manne U, Behring M, Chopra S, Harada S. PMID: 36754311.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Perinephric myxoid pseudotumor of fat: a multimodality imaging case series. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023 05; 48(5):1820-1830. Lee J, King KG, Chopra S, Cheng PM. PMID: 36085375.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Gas Gastroenterology
Translation:Animals
Hepatitic Variant of Graft-vs-Host Disease. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 06 07; 157(6):948-955. Liang TZ, Dong S, Fang M, Gong Y, Yaghmour G, Chopra S. PMID: 35038720.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Adaptation of Imaging Mass Cytometry to Explore the Single Cell Alloimmune Landscape of Liver Transplant Rejection. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:831103. Ung N, Goldbeck C, Man C, Hoeflich J, Sun R, Barbetta A, Matasci N, Katz J, Lee JSH, Chopra S, Asgharzadeh S, Warren M, Sher L, Kohli R, Akbari O, Genyk Y, Emamaullee J. PMID: 35432320; PMCID: PMC9009043.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans
Differential IgG4-Producing Plasma Cell Infiltration in Non- and Post-Transplant Plasma Cell Hepatitis. Transpl Int. 2022; 35:10182. Horwich BH, Liang TZ, Dodge JL, Chopra S, Kahn JA, Saito T. PMID: 35368647; PMCID: PMC8971201.

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Tra Transplantation
Translation:Humans Cells
Activated and nonactivated MSCs increase survival in humanized mice after acute liver injury through alcohol binging. Hepatol Commun. 2022 07; 6(7):1549-1560. Hernandez JC, Yeh DW, Marh J, Choi HY, Kim J, Chopra S, Ding L, Thornton M, Grubbs B, Makowka L, Sher L, Machida K. PMID: 35246968; PMCID: PMC9234635.

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Gas Gastroenterology
Translation:Animals Cells
Correction to: Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma with VCL-ALK fusion of central nervous system: case report and brief review of the literature. Brain Tumor Pathol. 2022 Jan; 39(1):43. Chopra S, Maloney N, Wang WL. PMID: 34984581.

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Bra Brain Neo Neoplasms Pat Pathology
Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma with VCL-ALK fusion of central nervous system: case report and brief review of the literature. Brain Tumor Pathol. 2022 Jan; 39(1):35-42. Chopra S, Maloney N, Wang WL. PMID: 34743247.

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Bra Brain Neo Neoplasms Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans Cells
Role of the Surgical Pathologist in Diagnosis of Drug-induced Liver Injury: Recognizing Specific Patterns of Drug Injury. Adv Anat Pathol. 2021 Nov 01; 28(6):383-395. Chopra S, Gawrieh S, Vuppalanchi R, Saxena R. PMID: 34050060.

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Ana Anatomy Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis infection after deceased donor liver transplantation: A case report. Clin Case Rep. 2021 Aug; 9(8):e04684. Sotoudeh K, Quon S, Hsieh EP, Donovan J, Chopra S. PMID: 34466246; PMCID: PMC8385254.

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Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by COVID-19. Intern Med J. 2021 Jul; 51(7):1182-1183. Hong JK, Chopra S, Kahn JA, Kim B, Khemichian S. PMID: 34278694; PMCID: PMC8447478.

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Int Internal Medicine
Translation:Humans Cells
Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast managed with neoadjuvant AIM: A case report. Rare Tumors. 2020; 12:2036361320977021. Choi A, Carpenter PM, Chopra S, Lara KM, Tseng WW, Patel DB, Hu J. PMID: 33354306; PMCID: PMC7734559.

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Pneumothorax presentation in endometrial sarcoma patients receiving chemotherapy: A case series. Rare Tumors. 2020; 12:2036361320972865. Duvalyan A, Tran K, Lee C, Chopra S, Hu J. PMID: 34394884; PMCID: PMC8351025.

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Lateral Vocal Fold Fullness in a Patient With Heavy Voice Use. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 08 01; 146(8):760-761. Choi JS, Chopra S, O'Dell K. PMID: 32584371.

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Oto Otolaryngology
Translation:Humans Cells
Primary hepatic carcinoma with inhibin positivity in a young male patient: a rare tumor previously only reported in females-case report and review of literature. Virchows Arch. 2021 Mar; 478(3):605-610. Liang TZ, Whang G, Chopra S. PMID: 32533342.

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Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Liver Transplantation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States. J Surg Res. 2020 11; 255:23-32. Hogen R, Kim M, Lee Y, Lo M, Kaur N, Kahn J, Chopra S, Qazi Y, Sedra A, Kim J, O'Brien L, Genyk Y, Sher L, Emamaullee J. PMID: 32540577; PMCID: PMC7541438.

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Gen General Surgery
Translation:Humans
NOR-1 distinguishes acinic cell carcinoma from its mimics on fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens. Hum Pathol. 2020 08; 102:1-6. Nguyen L, Chopra S, Laskar DB, Rao J, Lieu D, Chung F, Kim ED, de Peralta-Venturina M, Bose S, Balzer B. PMID: 32416209.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Smooth muscle tumors of the gastrointestinal tract: an analysis of prognostic features in 407 cases. Mod Pathol. 2020 07; 33(7):1410-1419. Alpert L, Al-Sabti R, Graham RP, Pai RK, Gonzalez RS, Zhang X, Smith V, Wang HL, Westbrook L, Goldblum JR, Bakhshwin A, Shetty S, Klimstra DS, Shia J, Askan G, Robert ME, Thomas C, Frankel WL, Alsomali M, Hagen C, Mostafa ME, Feely MM, Assarzadegan N, Misdraji J, Shih AR, Agostini-Vulaj D, Meis JM, Tang S, Chatterjee D, Kang LI, Hart J, Lee SM, Smith T, Yantiss RK, Hissong EM, Gao ZH, Wu J, Resnick MB, Wu EY, Pai RK, Zhao L, Doyle LA, Chopra S, Panarelli NC, Hu S, Longacre TA, Raghavan SS, Lauwers GY, Ghayouri M, Cooper HS, Nagarathinam R, Bellizzi AM, Kakar S, Hosseini M, Rong J, Greenson JK, Lamps LW, Dong Z, Bronner MP. PMID: 32051556; PMCID: PMC8405135.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Are ALK rearrangements found in smooth muscle tumours of the gastrointestinal tract? Histopathology. 2020 03; 76(4):627-628. Chopra S, Lazar AJ, Wang WL. PMID: 31596959.

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Pat Pathology
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Assessment of Fibrosis in Liver Transplant Recipients: Diagnostic Performance of Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) and Correlation of SWE Findings With Biopsy Results. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 12; 213(6):W264-W271. Deurdulian C, Grant EG, Tchelepi H, Latterman PT, Paluch JT, Chopra S, Kazmierski B, Kahn JA, Malhi H, Cen SY. PMID: 31573849.

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Rad Radiology
Translation:Humans
Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Rejection of a Liver Allograft: A Combination of Acute T Cell-Mediated and Antibody-Mediated Rejection. Liver Transpl. 2019 12; 25(12):1845-1848. Lee BT, Horwich BH, Chopra S, Ahearn A, Han HH. PMID: 31408574.

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Gas Gastroenterology Tra Transplantation
Translation:Humans Cells
Not Just Your Ordinary Tumor: A Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Esophagus. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020; 32(1):176-178. Zamora AK, Chopra S, Sahakian A, Kim AW. PMID: 31271852.

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Car Cardiology Gen General Surgery Pul Pulmonary Medicine Vas Vascular Diseases
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Succinate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2020 05; 144(5):655-660. Ibrahim A, Chopra S. PMID: 31169996.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
"Bright Band Sign" A Grayscale Ultrasound Finding in Hepatic Infarction. J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Sep; 38(9):2515-2520. Whang G, Chopra S, Tchelepi H. PMID: 30666665.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for radiation-associated soft-tissue sarcoma: A case report. Rare Tumors. 2019; 11:2036361318821763. Patel R, Hu J, Chopra S, Lee C. PMID: 30671220; PMCID: PMC6327331.

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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Spermatic Cord and Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma. Ultrasound Q. 2018 Dec; 34(4):292-296. Naser-Tavakolian A, Gulati M, Duddalwar V, Chopra S, Aron M, Djaladat H. PMID: 30020269; PMCID: PMC7456517.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
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Gain of TP53 Mutation in Imatinib-treated SDH-Deficient Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor and Clinical Utilization of Targeted Next-generation Sequencing Panel for Therapeutic Decision Support. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2018 09; 26(8):573-578. Wei CH, Pettersson J, Campan M, Chopra S, Naritoku W, Martin SE, Ward PM. PMID: 28027118.

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His Histocytochemistry Mol Molecular Biology
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Utility of rapid on-site evaluation for needle core biopsies and fine-needle aspiration cytology done for diagnosis of mass lesions of the liver. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2019 Mar - Apr; 8(2):69-77. Walia S, Aron M, Hu E, Chopra S. PMID: 31287422.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Solid aneurysmal bone cyst of the humerus mimics metastasis or brown tumor. Clin Imaging. 2018 Nov - Dec; 52:117-122. Matcuk GR, Chopra S, Menendez LR. PMID: 30056289.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging
Translation:Humans
Second Primary Malignancies in Patients with Well-differentiated/Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma. Anticancer Res. 2018 Jun; 38(6):3535-3542. Jung E, Fiore M, Gronchi A, Grignol V, Pollock RE, Chong SS, Chopra S, Hamilton AS, Tseng WW. PMID: 29848707; PMCID: PMC7492098.

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Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Redefining the Positive Margin in Pancreatic Cancer: Impact on Patterns of Failure, Long-Term Survival and Adjuvant Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Nov; 24(12):3674-3682. Osipov A, Nissen N, Rutgers J, Dhall D, Naziri J, Chopra S, Li Q, Hendifar AE, Tuli R. PMID: 28871564.

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Gen General Surgery Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Detection of Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Patients Who Achieved a Sustained Virologic Response to Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents for Recurrent Infection After Liver Transplantation. Gastroenterology. 2017 02; 152(3):550-553.e8. Elmasry S, Wadhwa S, Bang BR, Cook L, Chopra S, Kanel G, Kim B, Harper T, Feng Z, Jerome KR, Kahn JA, Saito T. PMID: 27838287; PMCID: PMC5285320.

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Gas Gastroenterology
Translation:Humans Cells
Hypothesis: The Intratumoral Immune Response against a Cancer Progenitor Cell Impacts the Development of Well-Differentiated versus Dedifferentiated Disease in Liposarcoma. Front Oncol. 2016; 6:134. Tseng WW, Chopra S, Engleman EG, Pollock RE. PMID: 27376027; PMCID: PMC4901033.

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Comparison of metastatic neuroendocrine neoplasms to the breast and primary invasive mammary carcinomas with neuroendocrine differentiation. Mod Pathol. 2016 08; 29(8):788-98. Mohanty SK, Kim SA, DeLair DF, Bose S, Laury AR, Chopra S, Mertens RB, Dhall D. PMID: 27125358.

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Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans
Impact of margin status and lymphadenectomy on clinical outcomes in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: implications for adjuvant radiotherapy. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016 Apr; 7(2):239-47. Osipov A, Naziri J, Hendifar A, Dhall D, Rutgers JK, Chopra S, Li Q, Tighiouart M, Annamalai A, Nissen NN, Tuli R. PMID: 27034792; PMCID: PMC4783734.

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The role of margins in extremity soft tissue sarcoma. J Surg Oncol. 2016 Mar; 113(3):333-8. Byerly S, Chopra S, Nassif NA, Chen P, Sener SF, Eisenberg BL, Tseng WW. PMID: 26662660.

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Gen General Surgery Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Contemporary Management of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Curr Oncol Rep. 2015 Aug; 17(8):39. Olimpiadi Y, Song S, Hu JS, Matcuk GR, Chopra S, Eisenberg BL, Sener SF, Tseng WW. PMID: 26092408.

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Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Specimens from biopsies of colorectal polyps often harbor additional diagnoses. Patholog Res Int. 2013; 2013:570526. Chopra S, Wu ML. PMID: 24455417; PMCID: PMC3886612.

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Comprehensive evaluation of colorectal polyps in specimens from endoscopic biopsies. Adv Anat Pathol. 2011 Jan; 18(1):46-52. Chopra S, Wu ML. PMID: 21169737.

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Ana Anatomy Pat Pathology
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Cytologic diagnosis of chordoma in a peritoneal effusion: a case report. Acta Cytol. 2010 May-Jun; 54(3):341-4. Chopra S, Frank SJ, Gu M. PMID: 20518424.

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Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Humans
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas: a report of 2 cases with literature review. Diagn Cytopathol. 2007 Sep; 35(9):601-6. Chopra S, Wu ML, Imagawa DK, Lee J, Gu M. PMID: 17703445.

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Cel Cell Biology Pat Pathology
Translation:Humans Cells
Carbonic anhydrase IX is an independent predictor of survival in advanced renal clear cell carcinoma: implications for prognosis and therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Feb; 9(2):802-11. Bui MH, Seligson D, Han KR, Pantuck AJ, Dorey FJ, Huang Y, Horvath S, Leibovich BC, Chopra S, Liao SY, Stanbridge E, Lerman MI, Palotie A, Figlin RA, Belldegrun AS. PMID: 12576453.

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Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans