Midline necrotizing nasal lesions: Analysis of 18 cases emphasizing radiological and serological findings with algorithms for diagnosis and management

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-219

  Westreich, Richard W ^a   Lawson, William ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COCAINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ALGORITHM; BONE DESTRUCTION; CANCER SURGERY; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAVAGE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NASAL BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE NECROSIS; PALATE DISEASE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE NECROSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 4644366892     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240401800405     Document Type: Review

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