Management of neck masses in adults

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Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Goffart, Yves ^a   Hamoir, M ^b   Deron, Ph ^c   Claes, J ^d   Remacle, M ^b  

^a CHR Citadelle ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adult; Diagnosis; Neck mass; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY; CYST; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NECK TUMOR; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; NECK; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33644877247     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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