American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 423-425 , November 2008

Regional spread of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the face via facial vein tumor thrombus: a case report

  • Aysenur Meric Teker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Robert R. Lorenz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute, 9500 Euclid Avenue A-71, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Tel.: +1 212 444 3006; fax: +1 216 445 9409.
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  • Walter T. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Aaron Hoschar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Anatomic Pathology Cleveland, OH, USA

Received 14 October 2007

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PII: S0196-0709(07)00199-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.10.007

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 423-425 , November 2008

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