A 45-year-old man, afflicted with von Recklinghausen's disease, with symptomatic schwannomas and plexiform neurofibromas involving the right maxillary antrum, a rare site for peripheral nerve tumors, is presented. After a literature review, 15 cases were considered adequate for a clinicopathologic s
Radiation induced peripheral nerve tumors:case series and review of the literature
β Scribed by Gelareh Zadeh; Chris Buckle; Patrick Shannon; Eric M. Massicotte; Shun Wong; Abhijit Guha
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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