NUT midline carcinoma mimicking tonsillitis in an eight-year-old girl

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 546-549

  Rutt, Amy L ^a   Poulik, Janet ^a   Siddiqui, Abdul Hafeez ^a   Konski, Andre ^b   Kalaf, Majid ^a   Madgy, David N ^a   Wang, Zhihong J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Nut midline carcinoma; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUOROURACIL; PROTEIN P63;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; HIP PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK CANCER; NECK TUMOR; NUT GENE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SORE THROAT; SWELLING; TONSILLITIS; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 80051732558     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000810     Document Type: Article

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