Acute actinomycosis presenting as an ulcerated palatal mass

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1098-1101

  Herman, Wayne W ^a,b   Whitaker, S Bryan ^a,b   Williams, Mark F ^a,c   Sangueza, Omar P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Dept Oral Diagn and Patient Serv ^*

^c Division of Otorhinolaryngology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PALATE DISEASE; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 0031783928     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(98)90264-6     Document Type: Article

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