## 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
Fine-needle aspiration of parotid masses
β Scribed by Stefano Zurrida; Loredana Alasio; Silvana Pilotti; Nicoletta Tradati; Fausto Chiesa; Cesare Bartoli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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