Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma to the paranasal sinuses: A case report and review

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 647-651

  Altman, Ken W ^a   Mirza, Natasha ^a   Philippe, Lucien ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Neoplasm metastasis; Paranasal sinuses; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; SPHENOID SINUS; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030792439     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100138216     Document Type: Article

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