## BACKGROUND. Clinical and radiologic assessment of parotid masses cannot distinguish reliably between benign and malignant lesions. The utility of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of parotid masses at a cancer referral center (where clinicians may be especially adept at diagnosing parotid gland mali
Accuracy of parotid tumor fine-needle aspiration and its effect on histologic diagnosis
β Scribed by Montague Carr; Greg Licameli; Robert Dolan; Gerard Domanoswski; Nabil Fuleihan
- Book ID
- 117403044
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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