American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , January 2007

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the frontal sinus presenting as osteomyelitis

This paper was presented as a scientific poster at the annual meeting of the Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in Los Angeles, CA, September 2005.

  • Jeffrey R. Chain, MD
    • ,
  • Todd T. Kingdom, MD

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Received 2 February 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00118-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.06.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , January 2007

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