Cystic neck lesions: Clinical, radiological and differential diagnostic considerations

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-304

  Pietarinen Runtti, Petra ^a   Apajalahti, Satu ^a   Robinson, Soraya ^a   Passador Santos, Fabricio ^a   Leivo, Ilmo ^a   Mäkitie, Antti A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Malignant; Management; Metastasis; Neoplasm; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRANCHIOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649120784     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480903127450     Document Type: Article

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