Adult laryngeal Rhabdomyosarcoma: Report of a case and literature review

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Shayah, A ^a,b   Agada, F O ^a   Karsai, L ^a   Stafford, N ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Larynx cancer; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

MYOD1 PROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CARTILAGE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; VOICE; AGE; LARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 43549087868     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55698     Document Type: Article

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