Unusual metastatic site in a case of carcinoma of the hypopharynx: Nasal tip

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 250-252

  Kocak, Zafer ^a,b   Uygun, Kazim ^a   Uzal, M Cem ^a   Cicin, Irfan ^a   Yalcin, Omer ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NOSE APEX; NOSE CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BIOPSY; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NOSE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26944471742     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.34409     Document Type: Article

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