American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 54-57 , January 2006

Malignant hypercalcemia associated with a parathyroid macrocyst and the early genesis of a giant cell tumor

  • Anthony Oh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Riverside Medical Center, Riverside, CA, USA
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  • Pablo Mojica, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Maureen Sullivan, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental and Prosthetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Dongfeng Tan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Wesley Hicks Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Thom Loree, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Nestor Rigual, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. Tel.: +1 716 845 3158; fax: +1 716 845 8646.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.05.015

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 54-57 , January 2006

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