Management of lateral cystic swellings of the neck, in the over 40s' age group

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 318-320

  Andrews, Peter J ^a,b   Giddings, C E B ^a   Su, A P ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical protocols; Neck neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK; NECK CYST; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL; TONSIL CANCER; TONSILLECTOMY; WALDEYER RING;

ADULT; BRANCHIOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037392334     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150360600977     Document Type: Article

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