Ancient schwannoma of the posterolateral pharynx: A benign lesion commonly mistaken for sarcoma

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages S125-S128

  Moore, Charles E ^a   Putzi, Mathew ^a   McClatchey, Kenneth D ^a   Terrell, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEURILEMOMA; SARCOMA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; SARCOMA;

EID: 0031435170     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70078-0     Document Type: Article

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