American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 343-345 , July 2011

Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma metastasis to the external auditory canal with facial nerve paralysis

  • Kelli L. Rudman, MD
    • ,
  • Ericka King, MD
    • ,
  • David M. Poetker, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Tel.: +1 414 805 5581; fax: +1 414 805 7890.

Received 2 March 2010

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.03.007

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 343-345 , July 2011

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