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Lockjaw from a metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma- case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a malignant tumour formed of cells with distinct smooth muscle features. Leiomyosarcomas rarely metastasise to the oral cavity and this literature review details all reported cases of metastasis to the mandible found in the literature. This offers a unique perspec...

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Autores principales: Hope, Isabel, Morton, Karen, Newlands, Carrie, Butler-Manuel, Simon, Madhuri, Thumuluru Kavitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29179757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0472-1