Orofacial rhabdomyosarcoma: Report of a case and review of the literature

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Gordón Núñez, Manuel A ^a,d   Piva, Marta R ^b   Dos Anjos, Edvaldo D ^c   Freitas, Roseana A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Sergipe Federal University UFS   (Brazil)

^c Tiradentes University   (Brazil)

^d Rio Grande do Norte Federal University UFRN ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Childhood; Immunohistochemistry; Orofacial; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 59949093506     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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