Mechanisms of cyst formation in metastatic lymph nodes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mokhtari, Sepideh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyst; Lymph node; Metastases; Primary tumor; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYST; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYSTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84855819391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-6     Document Type: Review

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