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Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) of the tonsil
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2007
Abstract
Schwannoma of the tonsil is an extremely uncommon clinical entity with only one reported case in an adult in the medical literature to date. We report, to our knowledge, the first known case in a child.
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