American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 46-48 , January 2010

Schwannoma of the tongue in a child

  • Cigdem Tepe Karaca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Tulay Erden Habesoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 5325027010.
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  • Barıs Naiboglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Habesoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Cagatay Oysu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Erol Egeli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ilkay Tosun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 11 June 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00190-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.09.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 46-48 , January 2010

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