Nasopharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia of an HIV carrier, mimicking nasopharyngeal cancer

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-191

  Wang, Mao Che ^a,b   Tsai, Tung Lung ^a,b   Liu, Chia Yu ^a,b   Shu, Chih Hung ^a,b   Lin, Ching Zong ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Lymphoid hyperplasia; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Neck mass

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NECK METASTASIS; NECK TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRUS CARRIER; WESTERN BLOTTING; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX;

EID: 0038540394     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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