American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 259-262 , July 2006

Solitary fibrous tumor of the retropharynx causing obstructive sleep apnea

  • Ivan H. El-Sayed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, San Francisco, CA 94143-0342. Tel.: +1 415 353 2401; fax: +1 415 353 2603.
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  • David W. Eisele, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Tony L. Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Gioia Iezza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 25 May 2005

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☆ Presented as a poster at the Western Section Meeting, Triologic Society, January 30 to February 1, 2004.

PII: S0196-0709(05)00186-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.09.016

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 259-262 , July 2006

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