American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 346-348 , September 2006

Concurrent sporadic parathyroid adenoma and carcinoma

This work was presented at the Southern Section Meeting of the Triological Society, Miami, Fla, January 13 to 15, 2005.

  • Sara I. Pai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Bradley J. Goldstein, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Kimberley D. Studeman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • William H. Westra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Ralph P. Tufano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 601 N Caroline St, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA. Tel.: +1 410 955 3628; fax: +1 410 955 6526.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.11.017

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 346-348 , September 2006

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