Pathologic evaluation of routine tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy specimens in the pediatric population: Is it really necessary?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1321-1325

  Erdag, Taner K ^a,b   Ecevit, M Cenk ^a   Guneri, E Alpin ^a   Dogan, Ersoy ^a   Ikiz, Ahmet O ^a   Sutay, Semih ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Histology; Malignancy; Pathology; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; TISSUE SECTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSIL; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 24644483999     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.05.005     Document Type: Review

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