American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 269-272 , July 2009

A case of nasal natural killer/T lymphoma revealed by repeated deep neck abscess

  • Shintaro Baba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Disaster Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, National Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa City, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan. Tel.: +81 42 526 5511; fax: +81 42 526 5535.
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  • Miyuki Baba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Disaster Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
    • ,
  • Miho Hagisawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
    • ,
  • Miwako Kimura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
    • ,
  • Masato Nakashima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
    • ,
  • Haruka Nakahara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Disaster Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Received 20 April 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00087-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.05.004

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 269-272 , July 2009

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