Perineurioma: An unusual cause of an external auditory canal polyp

ORL

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 336-338

  Donnellan, R ^a   Rughubar, K ^a   Govender, D ^a   Chetty, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Auditory polyp; Perineurioma; Spindle cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERINEURIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 0030730545     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276967     Document Type: Article

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