Malignant triton tumor of the head and neck: A case report and review of the literature

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 663-670

  Victoria, Luis ^a   McCulloch, Timothy M ^a   Callaghan, Edward J ^a   Bauman, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rhabdomyoblasts; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Schwannoma; Triton tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD TUMOR; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MALIGNANT TRITON TUMOR; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESNA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0032862453     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199910)21:7<663::AID-HED12>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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