A misdiagnosed keratoacanthoma turned out to be a metastatic parotid carcinoma;Erronea diagnosi di keratoacantoma in un caso di metastasi parotidea da carcinoma squamoso

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-117

  Tas, E ^a   Birol Ugur, M ^a   Gul, A ^a   Cinar, F ^a   Uzun, L ^b   Dogan Gun, B ^a  

^a Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

^b Sema Hastanesi Istanbul   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Keratoacanthoma; Parotid gland; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; PAROTID DISEASES; PAROTID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953296958     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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