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Case 17 - Oncocytic Metaplasia of the Nasopharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2019

By
Cecilia Taverna
Edited by
Alessandro Franchi
Alessandro Franchi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Summary

A 56-year-old woman without any particular past history presented with otalgia and odynophagia. Imaging and endoscopic examination showed an increase in size of the nasopharyngeal lymphatic tissue, for which a biopsy was requested.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 36 - 37
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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