Diagnostic dilemma involving a mass in the parapharyngeal space: A metastatic breast carcinoma masquerading as a malignant salivary gland tumor

Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors are rare and account for about 0.5% of all head and neck neoplasms. Most PPS tumors are benign (up to 80%) while the remaining 20% are malignant. These tumors are either primaries; most commonly arising from salivary glands or metastatic tumors or due to direct exte...

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Autores principales: Murhekar, Kanchan, Majhi, Urmila, Krishnamurthy, Arvind, Ramshankar, Vijayalakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158534

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158534

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