Differential diagnosis of laryngeal spindle cell carcinoma and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor - Report of two cases with similar morphology

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Völker, Hans Ullnch ^a   Scheich, Matthias ^a   Höller, Sylvia ^a   Ströbel, Philipp ^a   Hagen, Rudolf ^a   Müller Hermelink, Hans Konrad ^a   Eck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 34247877505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-2-1     Document Type: Article

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