The successful management of diffuse lymphangiomatosis using sirolimus: A case report

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1851-1854

  Reinglas, Jason ^a,b   Ramphal, Raveena ^b   Bromwich, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

airway; Lymphangiomatosis; lymphatic malformations; sirolimus

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SWELLING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ULTRASOUND;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 80052084801     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21927     Document Type: Article

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