Granular Cell Tumor of the Trachea in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Ipakchi, Ramin ^a,b   Zager, Warren H ^a   De Baca, Monica E ^a   Bloedon, Esa ^a   McCue, Peter A ^a   Zwillenberg, David ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Granular cell tumor; Myoblastoma; Trachea; Tracheal masses

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEA TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0942297879     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200401000-00026     Document Type: Review

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