Fibrosarcoma misdiagnosed as a temporomandibular disorder: A cautionary tale

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 404-409

  Gobetti, John P ^a   Türp, Jens C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FACE PAIN; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; ORTHODONTICS; PHARYNX CANCER; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACIAL PAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; LARYNGITIS; OCCLUSAL ADJUSTMENT; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0032043339     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90065-8     Document Type: Article

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