Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor (MSP) of the nasal septum clinically mimicking Kaposi's sarcoma: Case report

Rhinology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-71

  Gunia, Sven ^a,c   Behrens, M H ^b   Stosiek, P ^a  

^a CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor (MSP); Nasal septum; Pseudomalignant mesenchymal lesions

Indexed keywords

LOSARTAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESENCHYMOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOSE SEPTUM; PSEUDOTUMOR; PUBLICATION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE DISEASES; NOSE NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 17044434723     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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