Paraffinoma - A complication caused by nasal packing following sinus surgery

Oto-Rhino-Laryngologia Nova

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 156-158

  Foghsgaard, Søren ^a,b   Barfoed, C ^a   Therkildsen, M Hamilton ^a  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endonasal surgery; Eyelid; Lipogranuloma

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOGRANULOMA; NOSE SURGERY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0141453606     PISSN: 10148221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072354     Document Type: Article

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