International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 105-108 , September 2008

Pediatric synovial sarcoma of the right masseter muscle: A case report

  • Michinori Funato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. Tel.: +81 58 2306386; fax: +81 58 2306387.
    • ,
  • Hideo Kaneko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Michio Ozeki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Kaori Kanda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshiyuki Fukao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Keisuke Mizuta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Naomi Kondo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Received 2 October 2007 ,Revised 28 November 2007 ,Accepted 4 December 2007.

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PII: S1871-4048(07)00094-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pedex.2007.12.001

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 105-108 , September 2008

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