Squamous carcinoma arising in a branchial cleft cyst: Have you ever treated one? Will you?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-550

  Devaney, K O ^a   Rinaldo, A ^b   Ferlito, A ^b,h,i   Silver, C E ^c   Fagan, J J ^d   Bradley, P J ^e   Suarez C ^f,g  

^a Foote Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^h Department of Surgical Sciences ^*

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Branchial Cleft Cyst; Branchiogenic Carcinoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRANCHIAL ARCH; BRANCHIOGENIC CARCINOMA; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRANCHIOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449136868     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107001004     Document Type: Review

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