American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 130-131 , March 2010

Localized amyloidosis of the nasal and paranasal mucosa: a rare pathology

  • Aaron N. Pearlman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Searle 12-561, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Tel.: +1 312 695 8182.
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  • Jill S. Jeffe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Debra L. Zynger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA
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  • Anjana V. Yeldandi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA
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  • David B. Conley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Received 16 September 2008

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☆ This information was exhibited as a poster presentation at the American Rhinologic Society fall meeting in Chicago, IL, September 2008.

☆☆ This manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration elsewhere.

★ The Northwestern University Institutional Review Board has assigned number STU00003405 to this protocol and qualifies for exemption from review.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00235-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.11.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 130-131 , March 2010

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