Oral synovial sarcoma: A report of 2 cases and a review of the literature

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

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-315

  Meer, Shabnum ^a,b   Coleman, Hedley ^a   Altini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

EID: 0042836793     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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