Spindle cell carcinoma of the palatine tonsil: report of a diagnostic pitfall and literature review

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-125

  Minami, Shujiro B ^a   Shinden, Seiichi ^a   Yamashita, Taku ^a  

^a Imperial Foundation Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39749106060     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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