Chondroma and chondrosarcoma of the larynx

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-105

  Baatenburg De Jong, Robert J ^a   Van Lent, Sander ^a   Hogendoorn, Pancras C W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous; Chondroma; Chondrosarcoma; Larynx; Malignant

Indexed keywords

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER GRADING; CHONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNX CHONDROMA; LARYNX CHONDROSARCOMA; LARYNX TUMOR; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRACHEA AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION;

CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842538153     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200404000-00008     Document Type: Review

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