American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 104-109 , March 2010

The dilemma of midline destructive lesions: a case series and diagnostic review

  • Noah P. Parker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Aaron N. Pearlman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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  • David B. Conley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Robert C. Kern, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Rakesh K. Chandra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Searle 12-561, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Tel.: +1 312 695 8182; fax: +1 312 392 6781.

Received 1 April 2008

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☆ This manuscript was presented as a poster at the Combined Otolaryngologic Sections Meeting, American Rhinologic Society, Orlando, FL, April 2008.

☆☆ NWU IRB approval number: STU00003452.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00252-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.11.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 104-109 , March 2010

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