A hairy polyp presenting as a middle ear mass in a pediatric patient

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 228-231

  Kieff, David A ^a   Curtin, Hugh D ^b   Limb, Charles J ^b   Nadol, Joseph B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHORISTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR TUMOR; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYP; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

EID: 0031869373     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(98)90122-3     Document Type: Article

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