Low grade glandular lesions of the sinonasal tract: A focused review

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Weinreb, Ilan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma; Seromucinous hamartoma; Sinonasal adenocarcinoma; Tubular

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952884212     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-009-0159-5     Document Type: Review

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