Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor) of the temporal bone: An exotic disease for otorhinolaryngologists and head and neck surgeons

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-748

  Devaney, Kenneth O ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b,c   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b  

^a Foote Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EAR TUMOR; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041425297     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310000692     Document Type: Editorial

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