## BACKGROUND. The head and neck region is one of the most common locations of rhabdomyosarcoma. Salivary gland involvement is usually secondary to advanced disease, and presentation as a primary salivary gland tumor is very rare. ## METHODS. Three cases of rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as paroti
Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma presenting as a parotid mass
β Scribed by John R. Wanamaker; Dennis H. Kraus; Charles V. Biscotti; Isaac Eliachar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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