International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 156-158 , September 2011

Pharyngeal tonsil manifestation of Langerhans cells sarcoma: A case report and review of the literature

  • Ba Luo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37# Guoxuexiang, Chengdou, Sichuan, China
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Hospital of The Tibet Autonomous Region, 18# Linkor Northern Road, Lhasa, China
    • ,
  • Bian Pian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Hospital of The Tibet Autonomous Region, 18# Linkor Northern Road, Lhasa, China
    • ,
  • Zhou Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37# Guoxuexiang, Chengdou, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Du Jintao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37# Guoxuexiang, Chengdou, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Liu Shixi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37# Guoxuexiang, Chengdou, Sichuan, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 02885422436.

Received 1 December 2009 ,Revised 20 June 2010 ,Accepted 23 June 2010.

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PII: S1871-4048(10)00049-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pedex.2010.06.004

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 156-158 , September 2011

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